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Re: Bumpers On Sale for $50 only! FROM TEAM 2070

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Originally Posted by jgannon View Post
I'm thinking that this would be allowed under whatever justifications legalize collaboration... that is a clear-cut case where one team is allowed to use fabricated parts that were fabricated by another. I don't know why the exchange of money would make it any different. In any case, I'm curious to see how this plays out. We bought the on-board autonomous mode switch manufactured by team 1629 last year, and as far as I can tell, the vendor rules have not changed since then... I'm hoping that wasn't a violation of the rules.
In my mind, the exchange of funds makes all the difference in the world. As soon as you start paying for the service, there is no longer any possibility of claiming it is just a collaborative relationship between the two organizations. It is now a business relationship, based on an exchange of funds for services rendered. There is now an implicit contract between the two organizations, and expectations of performance on both sides. In the real world a partner organization and a vendor are treated differently, and the expectations are different. Within the FIRST realm, the same should hold true.

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