Comment on Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As people on HN correctly pointed out, it’s not fully open source as their license only permits them to manufacture parts for the printer
Open source is specifically about the code, not the hardware, even less manufacturing. OSHW is about the hardware and has specific requirements in order to get the label and ID, e.g certification.oshwa.org/de000008.html and process certification.oshwa.org/process.html
So which part is proprietary exactly? In theory as they sell via CrowdSupply www.crowdsupply.com/apply it should be both OSHW and open source but I didn’t dig.
It states the code and files will be CC-NC licensed, which isn’t open source.
So a closed open printer. I mean, is it at least, like, see-thru? I don’t get the name.
Thanks, I just checked www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer and its says “Open Printer will use the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license for all of its files, including electronics and mechanical design files, firmware code, and the bill of materials.” so I don’t think that’s related to the source code but rather the resulting binary of the built firmware.
The latest CrowdSupply project I bought was the PGB-1 and they did realize their firmware source code github.com/wee-noise-makers/WNM-PGB1-firmware/ and as GPL3 so I assume they will clarify that before starting the crowd funding campaign. I don’t think they can, even if they wanted to, have a CS project without releasing the source code.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 5 months ago
That’s weird. Opening your stuff but not allowing others to make stuff for it?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Make something free for it then? The stuff is open and the license makes it so that it stays that way legally (though, in real life, it’s different but that’s another discussion) and any and all other contributions made to the project stays open source.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 5 months ago
Can’t give away free ink