[Discuss] discuss Digest, Vol 10, Issue 6

[Marco Perry]

Call its open when it's open. One can always plan and lay graphics out on
your equipment and packaging, but if it ships/posts/ is deployed in a
significant way with a logo and it's not open yet, thats should not be
allowed. It's like a UL logo. You plan for it, but they wouldn't let a
product ship that didn't pass their standards and still use their logo.

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On Mar 2, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Tom Igoe <tom.igoe at gmail.com> wrote:

That argues in favor of only calling it open when it ships, doesn't it?

Marco Perry <mperry at pensanyc.com> wrote:
>
> What if the person doesn't follow thru with best practices? It's hard to
> revoke if the boards and package is printed.
>
> Sent from my newly outdated iPhone 4S
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Tom Igoe <tom.igoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd agree with that, though it's an interesting question for things like
> Kickstarter campaigns.  Do you release the files when you start your
> kickstarter campaign, or when you ship?
>
> r.
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:49 AM, David A. Mellis wrote:
>
> Personally, I think it's okay to use "open-source hardware" and the logo
> as long as the design files are released with the product. Before release,
> the distinction between "is" and "will be" seems like a subtle one -- for
> everything about the product, not just whether or not it's open-source.
>
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