What would be interesting if for Barnes and Nobel to allow the continued use of the Nook for this type of stuff, and then later do a detailed report on how big an impact it had on their bottom line. The speculation (by hackers) has always been if you are selling product as a loss leader and people are hacking it, it's a better strategy than if you try to shut them out. Someone should test it!
I believe they have announced that they will allow it, in the sense that they won't impose any measures to prevent rooting. Given that, I would expect them to check in a year or so to see whether they need to change their mind.
