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Originally Posted by gavmac928

Although I hope I'm wrong, maybe this is the rule that will be a big change? It does pertain to recycling and the rule book was recycled. The original blog post about how change is coming basically said not to expect long standing rules that we take for granted to be back every year, maybe this rule is the one being changed? I don't think it should be, but who knows? Also, should we look into the fact that he misspelled complete as conplete?

2014 R13:

ROBOT elements created before Kickoff are not permitted. ROBOT elements, including software, that are designed
before Kickoff are not permitted.
Exceptions include the following:
A. BUMPERS,
B. OPERATOR CONSOLE,
C. battery assemblies per R5-A, and
D. software and designs with source files publicly available prior to Kickoff.

2015 R13:

Software and Mechanical/Electrical designs created before kickoff are only permitted if the source files (conplete information sufficient to produce the design) are available publically prior to Kickoff.

It did change. Before

Originally Posted by 2014 Blue Box

Example 2: The same Team realizes that the transmission designed and built in the fall
perfectly fits their need for a transmission to drive the ROBOT arm. They build an exact
copy of the transmission from the original design plans, and bolt it to the ROBOT. This
would be prohibited, as the transmission – although made during the competition season
– was built from detailed designs developed prior to Kickoff.

as stated, was a prohibited activity. Now it's legal as long as the designs are open sourced prior to Kickoff.