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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk
What license would you use?
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I'm not actually particular at this point. I'm partial to GPL or LGPL, but an academic license (MIT, BSD, etc) would be fine right now.
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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh
I would guess that the GPL or some other similar license would be good. One which prevents the software from being resold without the source freely available. This prevents someone from using the code developed for FIRST in a commercial system. The license choice depends entirely on what things FIRST wants us to be able to do or not be able to do with the code.
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A business partnership would help considerably in making such an arrangement viable, where something like GPL would force the business to contribute back to the community. OTOH, GPL would probably scare off some businesses, and the only really reusable components are the robot controller and the control electronics.
The other issue is: What license works well for hardware designs?
...Of course, all the scales in the world won't help you if your robot is 135lb two nights before the ship date... - J Flex 188 [more] 
29-09-2008, 21:45
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