[Discuss] "Free Arduino" on MAKE

Fri Jun 9 21:10:46 UTC 2017

Hi Phil,

I'm a member of the Board of OSHWA, and I'm not sure how we as an
organization can directly help or participate in this.
OSHWA makes a point of not advocating, enhancing, or otherwise endorsing
any specific commercial company.
I think as individuals in the community we can certainly reach out to the
principals involved and make our voices heard.

Joel

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 2:19 PM, phillip torrone <pt at adafruit.com> wrote:

> > On Jun 9, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Orlando Hoilett <orlandohoilett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Philip, Thanks for sending this out. I didn’t realize Federico was
> essentially holding Arduino hostage. I’m a bit at a loss of what we can do
> at our end though? Do we just continue to support Arduino.cc and not
> Arduino.org? Do we write a ton of concerned emails to Arduino.org echoing
> this message? What are Massimo’s and the rest of Arduino.cc’s plans?
> > Love to see a discussion on this.
>
>
> good questions!
>
> as a community we could make our voices heard and encourage federico to
> "free arduino" so the community and elected board members, etc. can have
> some insights on to what is happening with our collective work on arduino.
>
> the arduino AG company information is here (and who owns it):
>         http://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2017-01-30/firmengruendungen-woche-4
>
> (translation, arduino AG is a swiss company)
> .........................................................................
> Arduino AG (Arduino SA) (Arduino Ltd), in Cham, CHE-333.913.908,
> Riedstrasse 11, 6330 Cham, stock company (new entry). Date of the statute:
> 17.01.2017. Purpose: holding, managing, registering, acquiring, exploiting
> and disposing of trademarks, domain names, licenses and other intellectual
> property rights, ownership, acquisition and sale of software and hardware
> products; Complete purpose rewrite according to the statutes. Equity
> capital: CHF 1'000'000.00. Issue capital: CHF 1'000'000.00. Shares: 1'000
> registered shares at CHF 1,000.00. Qualified events: Contribution in kind:
> The company assumes registered trademarks and the associated logos and
> related rights as described in the contracts of January 17, 2017, of which
> 700 are registered shares of CHF 1,000. 00 are outputted.
> Publikationsorgan: SHAB. Notifications to the known shareholders are made
> in writing (including fax, e-mail or other electronic means), to the
> unknown shareholders by means of publication in the SHAB. With a
> declaration dated January 17, 2017, the restricted revision was waived.
> Peoples registration: Violante, Francesco Fabio Domenico, Italian national,
> in Milano (IT), president of the board of directors, with collective
> signature; Musto, Federico, Italian national, in Zug, Delegate of the Board
> of Directors, with separate signature; Antonietti, Daniela, Italian
> national, in Coldrerio, member of the board of directors, with collective
> signature. Published: 25.01.2017 Message number: 3304605 Notifications to
> the known shareholders are made in writing (including fax, e-mail or other
> electronic means), to the unknown shareholders by means of publication in
> the SHAB. With a declaration dated January 17, 2017, the restricted
> revision was waived. Peoples registration: Violante, Francesco Fabio
> Domenico, Italian national, in Milano (IT), president of the board of
> directors, with collective signature; Musto, Federico, Italian national, in
> Zug, Delegate of the Board of Directors, with separate signature;
> Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national, in Coldrerio, member of the board of
> directors, with collective signature. Published: 25.01.2017 Message number:
> 3304605 Notifications to the known shareholders are made in writing
> (including fax, e-mail or other electronic means), to the unknown
> shareholders by means of publication in the SHAB. With a declaration dated
> January 17, 2017, the restricted revision was waived. Peoples registration:
> Violante, Francesco Fabio Domenico, Italian national, in Milano (IT),
> president of the board of directors, with collective signature; Musto,
> Federico, Italian national, in Zug, Delegate of the Board of Directors,
> with separate signature; Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national, in
> Coldrerio, member of the board of directors, with collective signature.
> Published: 25.01.2017 Message number: 3304605 To the unknown shareholders
> by way of publication in the SHAB. With a declaration dated January 17,
> 2017, the restricted revision was waived. Peoples registration: Violante,
> Francesco Fabio Domenico, Italian national, in Milano (IT), president of
> the board of directors, with collective signature; Musto, Federico, Italian
> national, in Zug, Delegate of the Board of Directors, with separate
> signature; Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national, in Coldrerio, member of
> the board of directors, with collective signature. Published: 25.01.2017
> Message number: 3304605 To the unknown shareholders by way of publication
> in the SHAB. With a declaration dated January 17, 2017, the restricted
> revision was waived. Peoples registration: Violante, Francesco Fabio
> Domenico, Italian national, in Milano (IT), president of the board of
> directors, with collective signature; Musto, Federico, Italian national, in
> Zug, Delegate of the Board of Directors, with separate signature;
> Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national, in Coldrerio, member of the board of
> directors, with collective signature. Published: 25.01.2017 Message number:
> 3304605 Chairman of the Board of Directors, with collective signature;
> Musto, Federico, Italian national, in Zug, Delegate of the Board of
> Directors, with separate signature; Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national,
> in Coldrerio, member of the board of directors, with collective signature.
> Published: 25.01.2017 Message number: 3304605 Chairman of the Board of
> Directors, with collective signature; Musto, Federico, Italian national, in
> Zug, Delegate of the Board of Directors, with separate signature;
> Antonietti, Daniela, Italian national, in Coldrerio, member of the board of
> directors, with collective signature. Published: 25.01.2017 Message number:
> 3304605
> .........................................................................
>
> anyone can email federico, fabio and daniela to express their concerns:
> federico at arduino.org, f.violante at arduino.cc, daniela at arduino.org
>
> it's been my experience though, and this is just for me ... "who will rid
> me of this meddlesome priest" timely quote for this week too :)
>
> next up, supporting massimo and the foundation that was promised to all of
> us seems like a good path forward, that's what dale outlined.
>         http://makezine.com/2017/06/09/free-arduino/
>
> orlando, with your permission, can you and i email dale and massimo
> together and see what is most helpful?
>
> no matter, awareness - oshwa, can you help?
>
> thanks,
> pt (and limor)
>
> > On Jun 9, 2017, at 1:19 PM, phillip torrone <pt at adafruit.com> wrote:
> >
> > hey folks,
> >
> > we've emailed the oshwa board/members, this seems like a good time for
> oshwa to help "free arduino" from what appears to be a terrible situation,
> here is an article from dale, the publisher and CEO of MAKE:
> >       http://makezine.com/2017/06/09/free-arduino/
> >
> > and here is the WIRED article that recently came out:
> >       https://www.wired.com/2017/04/arduinos-new-ceo-federico-
> musto-may-fabricated-academic-record/
> >
> > ideally the open-source hardware and software community could help add
> some checks and balances to what is going on with our collective work we've
> all done in and around arduino, we've entrusted arduino to take good care
> of this open source projects, a foundation (here is some of what dale
> wrote):
> >
> > ===================
> > the real reason for an arduino foundation is to free arduino from
> federico musto and ensure that this open source hardware project is
> responsive to the community that cares about arduino and its ecosystem.
> >
> >       define its mission to protect and promote the interests of the
> arduino community;
> >       determine a board of independent directors who are not chosen by
> arduino holding; are not limited to the existing arduino team; and excludes
> federico musto.
> >       operate in an open and transparent manner.
> >       have visibility into the business of arduino holdings to hold it
> accountable as a watchdog.
> >
> > perhaps it should be called the free arduino foundation. free as in
> freedom. free to operate on its own. free to represent a commitment to the
> mutual interests of the arduino community.
> > ===================
> >
> > we've emailed arduino.org, their PR folks and the CEO regarding this
> and other things, it seems they will not comment :(
> >
> > thanks,
> > pt (and limor)
> > discuss mailing list
> > discuss at lists.oshwa.org
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