On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Lester Veenstra <[email protected]> wrote:
> Start a discussion group associated with the publishing, possibly without > direct contact information on the author. There is something seriously wrong if you cannot publish and share ideas without being swamped with support requests, to the point of having to do it anonymously. If a project is very successful, and support requests become a serious issue to the original developer, chances are it can be commercialized. There are many examples of Open Source Hardware projects with commercial support [1]. A high-precision Open Source GPSDO would certainly qualify. Sharing and discussing is great while it stays at a level which allows you to have fun. It is becomes a serious amount of work, and if users see a value in the support, they should be willing to pay for it. I think paid labor makes Open Source Hardware more scalable and sustainable. Cheers, Javier [1] This is e.g. a board we designed at CERN, which is commercialized by three companies (that we know of): http://www.ohwr.org/projects/spec/wiki _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
