That almost makes me want to go to Microsoft's store, and buying a Makerbot there, to double down on the transgression!
Seriously, yes, Makerbot has decided not to open everything on the 2, and the aim was to reduce the carbon-copy replicas from China - IIRC Bre spoke about this at the Open Hardware Summit in NYC, 2012. The intent of course does not matter in F/OSS terms, but investors have to recoup their investment (something F/OSS economics always seems to ignore). In any event Makerbot was just bought at the tune of 700M$, let's see what the new owners decide. On a pure technology level, I am leaning towards the Printrbot machines... And more importantly, so is my 3D printing expert friend over at Make. Best-F Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > > In Defective by Design's (a project of the Free Software Foundation) > 2013 Giving Guide: > http://www.fsf.org/givingguide > > They recommend buying the Lulzbot TAZ 2.0 3D printer instead of Makerbot > Replicator 2. > > I've heard people complaining that Makerbot was moving more proprietary, > now that it has become more successful, and no longer needs the support > of the open hardware community. > > FSF says about the Makerbot printer: > > -MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling > innovation; > > -Hardware patents threaten free printers like the Lulzbot; > > -Recently announced an increasingly proprietary approach, further > distancing itself from the free software community. > > > And about the Lulzbot: > > -Respects Your Freedom certified by the Free Software Foundation; > > -Powered by free software, making 3D printing more accessible and > encouraging innovation; > > -Learn more about the Lulzbot at www.lulzbot.com > > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking > _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
