[Discuss] OSHW Best Practices / Layers of Openness

[Windell H. Oskay]

On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Chris Church <thisdroneeatspeople at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some tangential words to say on the subject based on my real-world experience with cloners that have shaped our policy of not sharing enclosure machining files, but I think it's better saved for a different conversation on a different day.  


Hi Chris,
  If you have intentionally decided not to share mechanical design files for *part* of your design (for whatever reason), then that seems to put it pretty squarely within the "partially open source" realm.  And, that's totally okay, so long as the labeling reflects it.

-Windell


Windell H. Oskay, Ph.D.
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