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Today, we are releasing the full CAD files for the CORE One and CORE One L frames.

There seems to be a custom licence.

The Restriction: You cannot commercially exploit the design files (selling the product or remixes) without a separate agreement.

The Protection: It includes an explicit patent license grant, protection against AI data mining, and a codified Right-to-Repair.

Most of the linked article is about the licence.

There's been a lot of talk about Prusa turning evil. Maybe it's a good step back.

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[–] Jocarnail@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I think that it's a reasonable license for them to protect their business while continuing to provide full access to the community. The single user would still be able to modify or even build their own clone, but a private company would not be able to just sell a copy.

In an ideal world where money did not exist this would be detrimental to innovation, but in the real world Prusa needs to make money to stay in business. And considering their competitors, I would much prefer them to stay in the business and as much ahead of the competition as possible.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How would this be detrimental in a world where money didn't exist?

The licence says CONMERCIAL exploitation, aka building a product to sell. In a world with no money, there's no commercialism. There's no commercial exploitation possible because the prerequisite for a commercial operation is commerce, aka the trade of products/produce for money.

[–] Jocarnail@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

My friend, you are technically correct.

Which is the best kind of correct.

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