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Torrone’s primary frustration was the over-reliance on the MakerBot trademark — the one way open source projects can protect their brand — and the good will tha
by martey 14y ago
Torrone’s primary frustration was the over-reliance on the MakerBot trademark — the one way open source projects can protect their brand — and the good will that is associated with it. [Editor's note: Strong has since removed much of the "MakerBot" language from the Kickstarter page.]
I wish Kickstarter had an easy way to see the changes that project owners had made after the project had begun. Looking at the project's comments, it seems that Strong was opposed to removing the mentions of MakerBot (claiming that he was simply "comparing" his product to it), but changed his mind earlier this week.
- replicatorblog 14y agoGreat point - would be hugely valuable for people planning projects as well. http://kicktraq.com http://kicktraq.com is at least starting to head in that direction making it easy to see activity by day - so you can start to see the impact of social media.
- ptorrone 14y ago+1 the first version of the kickstarter is completely different than what's there now. i'm a backer of the tangibot, but you can't view the revisions.
- samroesch 14y agoAs I noted above: According to the license, "You must attribute The MakerBot Replicator to makerbot (with link)." "So it's ok (and actually required) for him to mention MakerBot at least once, "(but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.)" I don't think Matt suggested that MakerBot endorsed it in anyway, he just attributed the design ALOT!