who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 11:46AM |
Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 528 |
with the greatest of respect to "matt mosses" and admins for doing a super job moderating the forum, but that lines just doesn't sit well with me, " cant even say why just doesn't.Quote
The idea of RepRap may belong to everyone (and I think it does) but the website does not. The ability to post here is a privilege, not a right.
Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 12:25PM |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 730 |
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RepRap GPL License
The copyright covers the teardrop device, the neologism "RepRap" in upper, lower, or any mix of cases in any typeface, and the phrase "Fused Filament Fabrication" and its abbreviation to "FFF". The teardrop, "RepRap", "Fused Filament Fabrication" and "FFF" are also covered by the GPL. Anyone can use them freely in any way they choose, but they may not be registered as trademarks or restricted in any other way. You may use them with significant extra words and graphics in trademarks and the like, just as you would be able to with words from the dictionary.
Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 12:43PM |
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Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 01:12PM |
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MrDoctorDIV
That GPL License brings up some ideas. Are they hard to come by? Expensive? Or more importantly, would it be an effective tool against the industries copyrighting the RepRap Community's work, allowing open source designs to stay just that; open source?
Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 01:33PM |
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Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 01:44PM |
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The GPL very much holds legal value for source code. It is less clear how well it applies to hardware designs. There are pages and pages and pages of debate on this forum regarding GPL and open source. I encourage anyone interested to read the existing material before we get a new thread started on this topic. Here is a good one to start with.Quote
gmh39
From my understanding, they hold no legal value.
No worries.Quote
jinx
my apologies for throwing an extra "S" into yr name.
Re: who does own RepRap site April 22, 2014 01:47PM |
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Re: who does own RepRap site April 23, 2014 12:11AM |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 730 |
People tried this in the real world. Here, hop into the internet wayback machine and see what it was like back then!Quote
iquizzle
in the ideal world, the site would be licensed by a foundation
After the director of the RRRF left it to create Makerbot, the RRRF withered and died. This illustrates the great paradox of any foundation dedicated to RepRap: The foundation needs strong leadership to survive. But anyone up to the job is much better off simply starting their own company.Quote
RepRap Research Foundation
The RepRap Research Foundation has a single purpose:
To promote research in self-replicating manufacturing systems and to distribute the results of that research freely to everybody using open-source licensing.