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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds good to me. Part of the reason I D-I-Y is
because I simply cannot B-U-Y. (But I'd still DIY if I had money.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Struggling with the criteria for what is and what
is not DIY, I've come up with an answer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A product does not qualify (by my standard) if
you have to buy a PC board to get the schematics, for example.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the other hand, selling PCBs or kits or
complete products is fine so long as the schemo is available for
free.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How's that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>--<BR>john</DIV>
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