[jvriezen]

Some things to think about...

I'm curious about the relationship between the coopertition based encouragement to loan a mini-bot (the ultimate in 'copying') vs. copying a design. In the former, the 'copy' is (perhaps) initiated by the designer, whereas in the latter the copy is initiated by the recipient.

If a team came to you and asked to borrow a minibot (and you had extras to share) would you turn them down? If they asked to borrow the design, would you turn them down?

I'd agree however that copying a design without attributing the design to the originating team (who may have stolen it from a third team?) is not very GP.

Would you loan a minibot to a team on an alliance competing against you? During Qualifications? During Eliminations?

If you loaned a very good minibot during qualifications for indefinite use during the weekend, and then found yourself competing against that same team Saturday afternoon, would you 'take it back' ?

John Vriezen
Team 2530, "Inconceivable"
Mentor, Drive Coach, Inspector