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> Hopefully this is an April Fool's joke. I'm pretty sure it isn't but it is devilishly clever to drop news like this on a date like this. But as to their dec
by pen2l 4y ago
> Hopefully this is an April Fool's joke.
I'm pretty sure it isn't but it is devilishly clever to drop news like this on a date like this.
But as to their decision: It's tough -- obviously we all want to support Reprap movement, Prusa, Ultimaker, etc. and the original innovators in this space of desktop 3d printers, but this is the way things happen, when you've optimized your technique and product the Chinese tend to come and kill you with their high volume low margin approach. Can you really blame them for doing what they're doing? It was probably an existential decision for them.
- kragen 4y agoas they sort of point out, bowyer and (unmentioned) vik olliver are the original innovators in this space of desktop 3d printers, but prusa certainly contributed a lot i don't really blame them for giving up on open-source hardware, even if i wish they wouldn't, but i certainly do blame them for lying about it
- IshKebab 4y agoYeah honestly I think they should just patent their innovations and then be quite liberal about granting patent licenses for reasonable fees (and not going after open source projects). That seems way more achievable legally than a "you can copy it you can't rip it off" license.
- ollien 4y agoThis was published before April 1; it definitely isn't a joke