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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2014 12:29PM by woodencase01.

The CC-BY-NC is not an Open Source license, so you can't really call it an Open Source project.

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CC BY-NC is not an Open Source license

I didn't know. How should it be called then?

Is the CC-BY-NC license a bad reputated license in the reprap community?

Also the NC does not apply to the actual product just the design files. Anyone can make your product and sell it without worry as long as they do not sell the files.

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Thank for both of your comments.

I think I'll just cancel this whole thing. I'm not enough informed about opensourcing and what it involves.

Sorry I was not trying to scare you away. I know it is a misconception that the licenses we attach to things applies to the tangible goods and wanted to make sure you were aware that software licenses only apply to the code and not what is made using the code. In this community most people obey the software license as a hardware license since there is no such license for the hardware. A good example is Gen7 electronics. They are licensed with a NC clause and most people obey it and I do not know of any commercial offering that are not approved by the developer. I would really encourage you to release all the code as open-source without any clauses other than possibly attribution as it will increase the sales dramatically. No you will not get all the sales but anyone that cares and wants a good product will buy from you. Again Gen7 is a good example, they are a good set of electronics and even have some advantages over others available. But they are not popular because of the lack of availability so they do not get promoted unless someone is looking to make them themselves. Where as RAMPS is really popular and I do not think it has hurt the original developer at all having competition.

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