[Discuss] "Free Arduino" on MAKE

phillip torrone pt at adafruit.com
Tue Jun 13 01:47:55 UTC 2017


thanks hal, i'll send you an email offlist!

cheers,
pt (and limor)

> On Jun 12, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Hal G <hal at kcohg.org> wrote:
> 
> Sure !
> 
> Love to 
> 
> -- 
> Hal G
> On June 12, 2017 at 2:34:49 PM, phillip torrone (pt at adafruit.com) wrote:
> 
>> thanks orlando, i'll send you a note off-list.
>> 
>> oswha folks (as in individuals) anyone interested in helping?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> pt
>> 
>>> On Jun 12, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Orlando Hoilett <orlandohoilett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Philip,
>>> 
>>> Yes. Please feel free to include me on any communications. I would love to get involved.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 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)
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