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

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Bryan, Do you know of any good article on the business practices and
funding of Arduino? and on the governance of the community and the platform?

Michel

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ryan, this is a great forward, which sheds some light on the workings of
>> the arduino platform ..
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Hm.. that's quite peculiar, actually. Why do they charge SparkFun et al. a
> licensing fee, to offer support? Shouldn't that just be a standard support
> contract? Is it a licensing of the Arduino trademark?
>
> BTW: I have always found Arduino a little fishy because Massimo and so on
> never really participate in public discourse, so it always seems a little
> odd. But I don't know why this is, and all I have is just speculation.
>
> - Bryan
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