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To me it seems pretty obnoxious that this O2 design has licensing terms. Most people just freely distribute their schematics and board layouts without a licens
by thrownaway2424 11y ago
To me it seems pretty obnoxious that this O2 design has licensing terms. Most people just freely distribute their schematics and board layouts without a license. I would say that in the DIY community this "open source" amplifier would be considered more restrictive than nearly all others.
- tinco 11y agoIn the audio community it is actually very common for shared source designs to be patented and/or distributed under non-commercial restrictions. I think this is because many of the best (known) designers actually build, design and maintain the devices professionally. This might be unlike general electronics/software engineers that do not usually make money off their oss ventures.
- aidenn0 11y agoTo me it's pretty obnoxious that most designs don't have licensing terms; that means that in many jurisdictions it would be illegal for me to print a PCB based off of it. With this license, anyone cam make and (if they wish to) sell an O2, so long as they don't modify the design, and credit the author. That seems reasonable to me.