[p2p-research] Fwd: How to recognize official Arduino boards.

[Michel Bauwens]

ryan, this is a great forward, which sheds some light on the workings of the
arduino platform ..

I wonder if someone could not volunteer to spend some time finding out how
the arduino platform functions as compared to open source ...

what's the relation between the community, the companies around it, and
"Arduino" itself .. is there a floss foundation like in most OS projects,
who runs it? does the open source central hardware bank work, or not? etc...

all info, also via email, is very welcome ...

Michel

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From: Ryan <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:39 AM
Subject: [p2p-research] How to recognize official Arduino boards.
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Sent to you by Ryan via Google Reader:


How to recognize official Arduino boards. <http://arduino.cc/blog/?p=615>
via Arduino Blog <http://arduino.cc/blog> by mellis on 7/6/10

 Arduino is an open-source project and we’re happy that so many people have
created variations on our hardware and software. We realize, however, that
it’s sometimes hard to tell which products are part of the Arduino platform
itself. The official boards are listed on the hardware
page<http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Hardware>(and pictured above, with the
exception of the official shields and Mini-USB
adaptor). These are the products that we feel provide the best overall
experience and utility to the Arduino community. They include boards from
three manufacturers: SmartProjects (in Italy), SparkFun, and Gravitech (both
in the US). These companies pay a licensing fee in exchange for support for
these products in the Arduino software and documentation.

The official Arduino products are the only ones licensed to use the word
“Arduino” in their name. Other products may be labelled as
“Arduino-compatible” or “for Arduino”, but these are not a part of the
platform itself and don’t fund continuing work on the project. If you’re
making a product and wondering what to call it, we’ve added some
guidelines<http://arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ#naming>to the FAQ. We think
that these conventions make it easier for everyone to
understand what products they’re buying and who supports them.

Finally, we’d like to thank a few companies that have been particularly good
about working with us on these issues: Adafruit
Industries<http://www.adafruit.com/>,
Oomlout <http://www.oomlout.co.uk/>, and SparkFun
Electronics<http://www.sparkfun.com/>.
Thanks for your cooperation and all the great products!



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