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Originally Posted by sst.thad
If you look at the big blue box under R22 this year, it says that if designs are posted publicly they are allowed to be reused because they are considered cots parts
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This has been said repeatedly, but it is false. You are thinking of the following section, which only refers to software:
"Example: A different team develops a similar solution during the fall, and plans to use the developed software on their competition ROBOT. After completing the software, they post it in a generally accessible public forum and make the code available to all teams. Because they have made their software generally available (per the Blue Box in the definition of COTS, it is considered COTS software and they can use it on their ROBOT."
Edit: Maybe I'm wrong. I looked up the COTS definition and found this:
"Example 3: a team obtains openly available design drawings from a professional publication during the pre-season, and uses them to fabricate a gearbox for their ROBOT during the build period following kick-off. The design drawings would be considered a COTS item, and may be used as “raw material” to fabricate the gearbox. The finished gearbox itself would be a FABRICATED ITEM, and not a COTS item.)"