Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones [LWN.net]

Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones

Posted Aug 7, 2008 11:29 UTC (Thu) by zotz (guest, #26117)
In reply to: Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones by tajyrink
Parent article: Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones

"Hmm, Openmoko shouldn't fall for "Creative Commons license" type of saying actually nothing."

Indeed.

"CAD files publicly
available under a Creative Commons license make it easy for industrial
designers to change the appearance of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner and
select alternate materials and finishes to tailor the phone's look and
feel."

For instance, if they had chosen BY-ND, the above would be deceptive at best.

Unfortunately, this saying nothing useful seems to be a widespread practice in the Creative
Commons world (I play in that world too and I run into it all the time.) At best, the practice
is inconsiderate as it is wasteful of other people's time, and I don't doubt some do it with
deception in mind.

So, if you care about the people you are trying to communicate with, state which license you
release under, at least license element wise, even if not version and port wise.

all the best,

drew
http://packet-in.org
Some of my BY-SA efforts there... (band effort, not solo.)

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Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones

Posted Aug 7, 2008 14:34 UTC (Thu) by pj (subscriber, #4506) [Link]

FWIW, the CAD files are CC-BY-SA

Openmoko publishes schematics for Neo phones

Posted Aug 7, 2008 20:10 UTC (Thu) by zotz (guest, #26117) [Link]

"FWIW, the CAD files are CC-BY-SA"

Sure, which is fine, that is my preferred cc license, but the point is, it makes for extra
research to find this info out when people just say:

"Released under a Creative Commons License."

That statement on its own tells you next to nothing about the rights you might get with the
license... It is just a pain is all. It slows things down and gums up the works when searching
for stuff to use or even deciding if something is worth paying attention to today.

all the best,

drew