The Paltatech boards were the closest ones to "commerical" but they have had the linked added. http://www.paltatech.com/eiti/ http://www.paltatech.com/electrosmart/
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm OK with this. I don't know if we even have any commercial boards on > our made with KiCad page. I'm really not trying to stir up controversy > here. I merely want to protect the best interests of the project. > > Wayne > > On 11/3/2015 9:36 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: >> It might be easier to agree on a policy for projects where they provide >> KiCad design files, and figure out the policy for ones where they don't >> later. >> >> Cut the problem in half, and tackle the easy one :) >> >> Adam Wolf >> Cofounder and Engineer >> Wayne and Layne >> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 11/3/2015 5:09 AM, Javier Serrano wrote: >> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I know it's noisy but I want developer input on this as well as >> website >> >> developer input. I think the developers have a right to know how >> their >> >> work is being used and have a say in it. The CERN folks may want some >> >> say on this as well and I'm not sure they see the website mailing list >> >> stuff. >> > >> > Hi, if I understand well the debate is not really about how we allow >> > our work to be used, but rather about what to host or link to in the >> > website and the conditions thereof. As to the former, by including a >> > GPL2+ or GPL3+ header in our sources we agree that they be used in any >> > way which complies with those licenses. As to the latter, I have no >> > strong opinion on the subject, and will agree with whatever you guys >> > decide. I do have a slight preference for not requiring funding in >> > exchange of linking because that could open a can of worms. For >> > instance, we could be faced with a situation where a project we don't >> > want to advertise (for whatever reason) expects linking just because >> > they funded KiCad development. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Javier >> > >> >> I'm not requiring funding. I'm just throwing it out as an option for >> commercial products to get on the "Made with KiCad" page without >> mentioning KiCad on there website. We need to have some show of good >> faith that a board was actually designed with KiCad. If the company >> that produced that board with KiCad is not willing to at least state >> publicly that they used KiCad (something like the "powered by Apache >> logo") to design the board, we shouldn't be in the business of giving >> them free advertising. It also puts the burden of proof that they used >> KiCad on them. In other words, they are making the claim. Not us. I >> can foresee a situation where someone claims that there board was design >> with KiCad to get some open source/hardware good will when in fact they >> didn't use KiCad. This puts KiCad in a potentially embarrassing >> situation that I would like to avoid. There would be no expectation of >> funding. Only an expectation of good will. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mark _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
