I've heard the new 3D printer from Makerbot now has closed hardware
designs, and comes with proprietary software ("MakerWare") that was built
using free software.
Does anyone have more information about this?
Comments on this blog post,
http://hackaday.com/2012/09/20/makerbot-occupy-thingiverse-and-the-reality-of-selling-open-hardware/,
for example, suggest that they might have been careful to avoid anything
with a strong copyleft and only use LGPL, Expat, X11, etc. licensed stuff.
But if there hasn't yet been a thorough investigation it might be
worthwhile.
Also, it's a good opportunity to stress the need to use licenses with
strong copylefts.
