I would have to disagree with the "...but in the maker community, being open-source isn't a plus, it's more like a minimum barrier for entry." I have never seen this at all. Where did you run into this? The only people I have run into that had a problem with it wanted to sell machines without even providing their configurations, and that was not in the maker community but industrial.
On Jul 2 2013 10:32 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 7/2/2013 11:05 AM, Steve Stallings wrote: >> <snip> Thanks Seb, this is concrete progress. I would like for the >> current efforts at improvement of developer support and governance >> to be more visible. How do people feel about showing more current >> events on the main web page, and how would we go about it? > > +1 Concrete Progress > > I just wanted to chime in and comment a bit on "open", as it relates > both to the developer community and the source code. > > When I asked what people liked best about LinuxCNC recently, the > overwhelming #1 response boiled down to "it's open-source". I can > understand this perspective from the machine-control side of things, > but in the maker community, being open-source isn't a plus, it's more > like a minimum barrier for entry. > > In addition to conventional open-source software, there are now open > hardware designs: > > http://www.oshwa.org/ > > ....a "fair-share" program that strives to pay some back to the > community that built the open designs currently being used as a basis > for new designs: > > http://openbuildspartstore.com/fairshare-program/ > > ...and maker community individuals have even started some grass roots > "pay-it-forward" programs (I've printed two complete sets of parts to > give away as part of this effort): > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/deltabot/y7wvHSm7ASI > > > Anyway, I just wanted to emphasize folks coming from the maker > community will expect "Open with a capital O" and make sure everyone > here was aware of the open-source hardware movement. In fact, almost > *EVERYTHING* related to my 3D printer is completely open-source > (hardware and software), including: > > * The printer design itself, including the custom printed and laser > cut parts required to build it. > > * The Arduino board that was it's original 'brain' > > * The RAMPS board used to drive motors with the Arduino > > * The firmware running on the Arduino to control the printer > > * The PC side software to communicate with the Arduino > > * LinuxCNC, which I now have driving my printer > > * The BeagleBone controller board which is now my printer's 'brain' > > ...in fact, just about everything on my 3D printer but the integrated > circuits and the BeBoPr driver board is fully open. > > - -- > Charles Steinkuehler > char...@steinkuehler.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHTAKEACgkQLywbqEHdNFwn5wCffcmx9jsgUc7J+h3wcdV04nR7 > cSAAoJqZ68rhHX7e9gsRUlPGKPvsxHmA > =rN1c > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
