[sdiy] what is DIY?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Monday 17 January 2005 03:28 pm, john mahoney wrote:
> Struggling with the criteria for what is and what is not DIY, I've come up
> with an answer:
>
> A devices qualifies for DIY status if the designer freely provides all the
> information needed for others to build their own copies of it. Note the
> word "freely," as in "for free."
>
> A product does not qualify (by my standard) if you have to buy a PC board
> to get the schematics, for example.
>
> On the other hand, selling PCBs or kits or complete products is fine so
> long as the schemo is available for free.
>
> How's that?

I like it.  If somebody wants to be able to buy a board,  then having one 
available is nice,  but half the time I'm just as happy to put something 
together on perf board anyhow...