Today is is even more clear that copyright law does not prevent you from using whatever material you want in your 3D printer.[^1]

Openness is on the march!

On November 13, 2014 I purchased the domain cleverhans.org because I decided that the world needed a digital version of Clever Hans.

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?

This post originally appeared on the OSHWA blog