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The title is slightly misleading. The open source license (according to the linked documents) expires on 31st May 2020. What happens after that? Feels like the

The title is slightly misleading. The open source license (according to the linked documents) expires on 31st May 2020. What happens after that? Feels like the open source is aimed only for the development phase, and no one else other than the authors will be able to execute large scale production

sbuttgereit 7y ago
I would say calling this "open source" as it's generally understood to most here on HN is simply incorrect. This isn't open source on any of those terms. This is simply a license granting licensees (anyone willing to agree to terms in this case) temporary rights to use the IP for COVID-19 related purposes. That license 1) ends and 2) sets fairly limited use cases allowed under the license. If we want to relate this back to the software world, "source available" would be a closer analogue.
- gus_massa 7y ago
  What about "Source Available Shareware" until May 31st 2020? Also, will it be aproved before that date? Only the devices that are finalized before that day are covered in the licence and nobody is going to build too many of them until it is aproved for use.
  - sbuttgereit 7y ago
    Shareware is probably a better analogy... though most shareware I ever experienced told me the price upfront :-) Personally, I think the accomplished what they wanted... getting noticed.
- mordae 7y ago
  It's even worse. They have raised funding to build a batch of these saying the project is open source. That's an actual fraud. https://www.donio.cz/CoroVent#obsah https://www.donio.cz/CoroVent#obsah
  - gus_massa 7y ago
    The autotranalation says: > From the beginning, our intentions were clear: to ensure local production for Czech hospitals and help to release IP devices as open source as soon as possible. I'd blame a cueless buzzword-heavy marketing team, instead of intentional fraud.
dang 7y ago
We've taken "opensource" out of the title. Thanks!

sbuttgereit 7y ago

I would say calling this "open source" as it's generally understood to most here on HN is simply incorrect. This isn't open source on any of those terms. This is simply a license granting licensees (anyone willing to agree to terms in this case) temporary rights to use the IP for COVID-19 related purposes. That license 1) ends and 2) sets fairly limited use cases allowed under the license. If we want to relate this back to the software world, "source available" would be a closer analogue.

gus_massa 7y ago
What about "Source Available Shareware" until May 31st 2020? Also, will it be aproved before that date? Only the devices that are finalized before that day are covered in the licence and nobody is going to build too many of them until it is aproved for use.
- sbuttgereit 7y ago
  Shareware is probably a better analogy... though most shareware I ever experienced told me the price upfront :-) Personally, I think the accomplished what they wanted... getting noticed.
mordae 7y ago
It's even worse. They have raised funding to build a batch of these saying the project is open source. That's an actual fraud. https://www.donio.cz/CoroVent#obsah https://www.donio.cz/CoroVent#obsah
- gus_massa 7y ago
  The autotranalation says: > From the beginning, our intentions were clear: to ensure local production for Czech hospitals and help to release IP devices as open source as soon as possible. I'd blame a cueless buzzword-heavy marketing team, instead of intentional fraud.

dang 7y ago

We've taken "opensource" out of the title. Thanks!