pic: MVRE-109, high-recision shafted encoder

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Originally Posted by asid61

See above. If I sell 10 of these, I'm breaking a record for "profit made" and I might even be able to recoup my development investment. :| Right now, they are definitely available to every team that wants them, and that number is very low. I believe I have 6 or 8 people right now that have expressed an interest in purchasing a couple.

I'm not trying to impugn your motives here - I'm sure your intentions are good. But, you haven't addressed my point - if your setup satisfied the rule, what's stopping any team that wants to use parts they've developed outside of build season from making a few spares and starting an ebay account and calling it a COTS product?