[sdiy] what is DIY?

[René Schmitz]

What with projects that, um... lack documentation.
Or where publication would infringe rights of others?
(Take EMS clone...)

Cheers,
  René

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?
> --
> john
> 

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