Ethical dilemma? You decide.

[Alan Anderson]

Your CNC code is the equivalent of a "final design" which <R25> says is not permitted if it was done before the kickoff presentation.

The COTS loophole will let you skirt the restriction by "publishing" the design. I assume that's your dilemma: do you go by the spirit of the rules (no design prior to kickoff) or the letter of the rules (COTS designs are okay, and published team designs count as COTS)?

I think you have two ways of feeling good about your team's ethics. The hard way is to create a new design, calling upon your experience in creating the old one. The easier way is to modify your existing design to be more specific to the robot you will be building for the 2011 competition.