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Open Source Hardware Is Not a New Concept

1 pointsby ahaucnxabout 1 year ago

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justincliftabout 1 year ago
Hmmm, just because the schematics for something are available doesn&#x27;t make it &quot;Open Source&quot;. It needs a license which enables people to re-use, rebuild, share and potentially even compete with the original.<p>Just having the schematic available - but with no license - is more akin to &quot;source available&quot; than open source.<p>It&#x27;s unclear what the license for the Air Gradient hardware is, as only the Terms &amp; Conditions seem to mention anything related to usage, and it&#x27;s piecemeal:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airgradient.com&#x2F;terms-conditions&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airgradient.com&#x2F;terms-conditions&#x2F;</a><p>Some of the points:<p><pre><code> * Reverse engineering allowed ;) Being open-hardware, we invite makers to extend our air quality monitors and explicitly allow additions on the hardware as well as the software. * Self-repair encouraged! </code></pre> While that&#x27;s better than typical closed source stuff, it doesn&#x27;t sound like they&#x27;d be ok with someone wholesale reusing their design to launch a competing product.
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