ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoOpen Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptionswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkOpen Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptionswww.techspot.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareambitiousslab@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey will use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Which means it’s not open source, and no-one else can sell replacement cartridges, parts etc. It might still be a good printer and enjoyed by some, but it really annoys me when companies mix these terms up, almost certainly deliberately.
minus-squareutopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Isn’t it about documentation or design rather than code or hardware? Typically CC isn’t used for software or hardware.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agofrom their own page 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.
They will use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Which means it’s not open source, and no-one else can sell replacement cartridges, parts etc.
It might still be a good printer and enjoyed by some, but it really annoys me when companies mix these terms up, almost certainly deliberately.
Isn’t it about documentation or design rather than code or hardware? Typically CC isn’t used for software or hardware.
from their own page