Today is is even more clear that copyright law does not prevent you from using whatever material you want in your 3D printer.1
Why would copyright law prevent you from using the material of choice in your 3D printer anyway? It shouldn’t even be a thing that we are worrying about. However, Lexmark tried this foolishness with 2D printers back in the day and lost. Part of the purpose of requesting this exemption is to try and avoid having to litigate that point again for 3D printers. ↩
Openness is on the march!
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On November 13, 2014 I purchased the domain cleverhans.org because I decided that the world needed a digital version of Clever Hans.
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A recent kerfuffle around an open source software creator asking for their package not to be included in a larger project has turned into a kind of rabbit-duck illusion for the open source community. What does it mean when the creator of a software package uses their social power - but not their legal power - to try and influence user behavior? Are they violating the spirit of open source? Or simply making requests that acknowledge open source realities?
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This post originally appeared on the OSHWA blog
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