I'm just surprised that something as minor as attribution got you riled up - should have put your name(s) on the silkscreen. Your comment about side deal also struck me as a bit surprising - Oshpark is based on free sharing.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 2:03 AM Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > It was public from the beginning. Jayeson made it after I asked on FB if > anyone could/would do so. I sent him the interface information and a > working original sample, and eventually a whole not-quite-working model 600 > as a gift (shipping to AU was worth a lot more than the M600 even if it was > fully working), and after a couple revisions he emailed me gerbers as well > as created the > oshpark entry, I built a set and tested them in a working M600, alone and > combined with an original module in the same machine, and found no > problems, posted some pics of my completed units and gave Jayeson permision > to use them in his oshpark entry. I asked if someone wanted to design it > under some form of open source license right from the outset. Didn't have > to be public domain. I actually would have liked gpl or some version of > cc-with-attribution myself, but public domain is certainly "gpl or free-er". > > I already articulated the concern, and the lowness of it's level, as > clearly as I could. What part of "They are not violating any actual laws, > because this pcb design is explicitly placed in the public domain. It's > just that it would be at least minimally considerate to give a little > attribution where they got something from." failed at that? > > It ain't the end of the world, but does something have to be the end of > the world to talk about it? > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:11 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Never mind. I see the fine print now. >> >> So..... it is now public. What is the concern? Someone is >> commercializing it. Price is less than oshpark. Sounds like a gòod thing. >> >> >> >> On Monday, February 25, 2019, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> How waa the design explicitly placed in the public domain? Juat >>> curious. De facto via oshpark? >>> >>> The 2nd one not mine. >>> >>> On Monday, February 25, 2019, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Is this somebody here, or does anyone recogize or know them? >>>> http://ebay.com/itm/113662788499/ >>>> >>>> They are not violating any actual laws, because this pcb design is >>>> explicitly placed in the public domain. It's just that it would be at least >>>> minimally considerate to give a little attribution where they got something >>>> from. >>>> >>>> They even (re)used the pictures right from the original oshpark listing: >>>> https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/8HMgno1x >>>> >>>> The designer (and oshpark account) is Jayeson Lee-Steere and the >>>> oshpark pics came from me. >>>> The ebay seller is not Jayeson nor does he know them, so it's not a >>>> deal he set up with the seller. >>>> >>>> Same seller: >>>> http://ebay.com/itm/113662802362/ >>>> and the origin: >>>> https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/V0tpeuMg >>>> >>>> That one actually says copyright right on it. I believe this one is >>>> Steven Adolph right? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> bkw >>>> >>> > > -- > bkw >
