OpenPandora Design Files Released 65
New submitter janvlug (3677453) writes "[As of Saturday, May 31], the OpenPandora case and hardware design files have been released for non-commercial use. The OpenPandora is a hand held Linux computer with gaming controls, but essentially it is an all-purpose computer. The OpenPandora offers the greatest possible degree of software freedom to a vibrant community of users and developers."
Why Non-commercial? (Score:5, Insightful)
Why not release it allowing commercial use, and let anyone manufacture it? Availability problems have always been a huge problem for the OpenPandora team.
Re:Why Non-commercial? (Score:3, Insightful)
But you can't play 8-bit crap from 1984 on a Nntendo DS. Definitely worth the extra $400.
(Don't get me wrong, I was the right age in 1984 to really enjoy that crap. But it's 2014 now and I'm older and wiser).
Re:Why Non-commercial? (Score:5, Insightful)
The hardware design is open.
Not by any commonly accepted definition of the word "open". The OSS Foundation, the Open Source Hardware movement [wikipedia.org], the Open Design movement [wikipedia.org], OpenCores [opencores.org], and even the FSF, consider "no-commercial-use" restrictions to be disqualifying. What OpenPandora is doing, is trying to get the marketing buzz of calling themselves "open" while restricting use of their IP by anyone than would have a reason for using it.