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Originally Posted by BigJ
I agree...<snip>... However, it does give me something entertaining to look at and which to draw ideas from for the next season, much like openly distributed CAD designs  |
Agreed. I learn quite a bit each year from the mechanical pics, posts, and designs shared by others (my degree is in EE with a minor in CS).
And while I "ooh" and "ah" as I look through the latest 148 design each year, I know that the sharing of their SolidWorks files won't affect my team as directly as someone who posts software.
But, this is the nature of the beast. That being said, I believe that sharing a design file, regardless of the contents, should allow the contents to be considered COTS. It is just consistent and simple, despite my view of the difference in global utility.