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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is exactly what I am looking for.  It doesn't need to be a big
production, just a link to our website.

On 11/3/2015 10:08 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
> The Paltatech boards were the closest ones to "commerical" but they
> have had the linked added.
> http://www.paltatech.com/eiti/
> http://www.paltatech.com/electrosmart/
> 
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm OK with this.  I don't know if we even have any commercial boards on
>> our made with KiCad page.  I'm really not trying to stir up controversy
>> here.  I merely want to protect the best interests of the project.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 11/3/2015 9:36 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>>> It might be easier to agree on a policy for projects where they provide
>>> KiCad design files, and figure out the policy for ones where they don't
>>> later.
>>>
>>> Cut the problem in half, and tackle the easy one :)
>>>
>>> Adam Wolf
>>> Cofounder and Engineer
>>> Wayne and Layne
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 11/3/2015 5:09 AM, Javier Serrano wrote:
>>>     > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>     >> I know it's noisy but I want developer input on this as well as website
>>>     >> developer input.  I think the developers have a right to know how their
>>>     >> work is being used and have a say in it.  The CERN folks may want some
>>>     >> say on this as well and I'm not sure they see the website mailing list
>>>     >> stuff.
>>>     >
>>>     > Hi, if I understand well the debate is not really about how we allow
>>>     > our work to be used, but rather about what to host or link to in the
>>>     > website and the conditions thereof. As to the former, by including a
>>>     > GPL2+ or GPL3+ header in our sources we agree that they be used in any
>>>     > way which complies with those licenses. As to the latter, I have no
>>>     > strong opinion on the subject, and will agree with whatever you guys
>>>     > decide. I do have a slight preference for not requiring funding in
>>>     > exchange of linking because that could open a can of worms. For
>>>     > instance, we could be faced with a situation where a project we don't
>>>     > want to advertise (for whatever reason) expects linking just because
>>>     > they funded KiCad development.
>>>     >
>>>     > Cheers,
>>>     >
>>>     > Javier
>>>     >
>>>
>>>     I'm not requiring funding.  I'm just throwing it out as an option for
>>>     commercial products to get on the "Made with KiCad" page without
>>>     mentioning KiCad on there website.  We need to have some show of good
>>>     faith that a board was actually designed with KiCad.  If the company
>>>     that produced that board with KiCad is not willing to at least state
>>>     publicly that they used KiCad (something like the "powered by Apache
>>>     logo") to design the board, we shouldn't be in the business of giving
>>>     them free advertising.  It also puts the burden of proof that they used
>>>     KiCad on them.  In other words, they are making the claim.  Not us.  I
>>>     can foresee a situation where someone claims that there board was design
>>>     with KiCad to get some open source/hardware good will when in fact they
>>>     didn't use KiCad.  This puts KiCad in a potentially embarrassing
>>>     situation that I would like to avoid.  There would be no expectation of
>>>     funding.  Only an expectation of good will.
>>>
>>>     Cheers,
>>>
>>>     Wayne
>>>
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