Bruce writes: *> Seeedstudio just clones OSHW and arguably adds no value*
Arguable by whom? It's not a rational premise. Seeedstudio modified the Beaglebone Black OSHW design into a new Beaglebone Green <http://makezine.com/2015/05/15/announcing-new-beaglebone-green/> featuring two Grove System connectors (plus other useful changes) rather than merely cloning BBB, and so they've added a very impressive amount of value. There are well over 100 Grove modules available and they are OSHW so even those without Green can clone them or reuse their designs. The Grove system provides new interfacing capabilities and much ease of use within the Beaglebone ecosystem. No value? Perhaps you should watch Jason Kridner's video linked in Make's article above and also on Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=fxHyAgybbZs>, as he clearly understands the goals of OSHW and welcomes Seeed's work. It's a key goal of OSHW to allow people to take a design and either simply clone it or modify it into a new version. When they do, criticizing them for doing so is pretty wierd, and questions whether the OSHW concept is actually understood and supported. Morgaine. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
