[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by johnr

just wondering if it would be better to drop the fix-it-window and go to something like ,"you can't change more then 25 percent of your robot ". better minds could figure out how to divide robot and/or percentage based on game. would it be for each event or whole season? maybe one official picture at first event uncrating.
the only reason i bring this up, it seemed that i saw a few teams carrying in alot of the robot at the comps. mainly ramps.it seemed to me that should be in crate already.
or would this to be a rule that you couldn't enforce? i do believe that writing code should be unrestricted and not part of the above idea.

There is already a rule that limits the total weight (25 lb) of parts that can be brought to the competition, so that satisifies the hardware part.

FIX-IT WINDOW software development restrictions have been contentious since inception. Writing "practice" code for a practice robot seemed acceptable to some teams and totally contrary to the intent of the rule by others. The 2006 "cease software development" CD thread here.

I also favor unrestricted software development after ship.