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Why is not everything Open Source? #3

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shulter opened this issue Jun 27, 2014 · 1 comment
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Why is not everything Open Source? #3

shulter opened this issue Jun 27, 2014 · 1 comment

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shulter commented Jun 27, 2014

"Our founder, Ayah Bdeir, was also one of the founders of the Open Hardware Summit, a major proponent of Open Source Hardware. To be clear, other intellectual property rights such as design elements like fonts, white solder (...)"

Why are you name dropping and boasting with OSHW stuff and not using an Open Source license for your product? Merely the PCB layouts are open sourced, where the true innovation is the magnet connector (cough MagSafe copy) of yours. You speak about how important it is to go open source and the benefits for educational purposes, and that this is an educational product, but then swing the IP+patent hammer. :(

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