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All Rights Reserved (ARR)

by turtleyacht 2y ago

analog31 2y ago
Also, looks like some parts are patented. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8117587B1 https://patents.google.com/patent/US8117587B1
- burgerone 2y ago
  Correct. What should I replace "FOSS" with so that the title stays short and concise but correctly reflects the licensing/rights situation? I'm very new to posting on this platform.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    "partially source available" is maybe a bit long, but something along those lines?
  - gpm 2y ago
    My advice is to stay away from "FOSS" unless you're GPL, and "open source" unless you're an OSI-certified license. It's not that I don't think those terms apply to anything other than that, but using those terms invites debate about licensing and attempts to control language instead of discussion of your project. "Source available" is a term that usually no one gets mad at.
  - analog31 2y ago
    Good question, and I sympathize. The thread title as of this moment (subject to moderator edit) says "source available" which seems reasonable. So I don't think you made a mistake. "With published design" might also work. I've got my own little GitHub page with projects that I share. They usually involve both hardware and code. I'm also not an engineer, but a scientist and electronics hobbyist, both of which have cultures of open design that predate the software industry. What I do with my projects is attach a MIT license, attribute the sources of any code or ideas that I borrow from elsewhere, and wish you good luck. ;-)
- rmu09 2y ago
  Strange patent. At first glance you could do something similar with an intel 8052AH BASIC (a 8051 type microcontroller with integrated basic interpreter) back in the 90ies.
  - analog31 2y ago
    Indeed, I built simple industrial controllers from 8052AH-BASIC chips. And lots of patents are strange. Sometimes the examination process results in a narrowing of the claims to the point where they don't really read on anything.

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by turtleyacht 2y ago

analog31 2y ago
Also, looks like some parts are patented. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8117587B1 https://patents.google.com/patent/US8117587B1
- burgerone 2y ago
  Correct. What should I replace "FOSS" with so that the title stays short and concise but correctly reflects the licensing/rights situation? I'm very new to posting on this platform.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    "partially source available" is maybe a bit long, but something along those lines?
  - gpm 2y ago
    My advice is to stay away from "FOSS" unless you're GPL, and "open source" unless you're an OSI-certified license. It's not that I don't think those terms apply to anything other than that, but using those terms invites debate about licensing and attempts to control language instead of discussion of your project. "Source available" is a term that usually no one gets mad at.
  - analog31 2y ago
    Good question, and I sympathize. The thread title as of this moment (subject to moderator edit) says "source available" which seems reasonable. So I don't think you made a mistake. "With published design" might also work. I've got my own little GitHub page with projects that I share. They usually involve both hardware and code. I'm also not an engineer, but a scientist and electronics hobbyist, both of which have cultures of open design that predate the software industry. What I do with my projects is attach a MIT license, attribute the sources of any code or ideas that I borrow from elsewhere, and wish you good luck. ;-)
- rmu09 2y ago
  Strange patent. At first glance you could do something similar with an intel 8052AH BASIC (a 8051 type microcontroller with integrated basic interpreter) back in the 90ies.
  - analog31 2y ago
    Indeed, I built simple industrial controllers from 8052AH-BASIC chips. And lots of patents are strange. Sometimes the examination process results in a narrowing of the claims to the point where they don't really read on anything.