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Re:Arduboy by VectorLock on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:55PM (#30328493)
What kind of licensing is this under? Can someone make a one-off hardware implementation and sell them freely?
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Re:Arduboy by bateskecom on Monday February 14, 2022 @12:31AM (#30328694)
The pinout compatibility is public domain. The software is covered under it's respective licenses, the most popular library is now this: https://github.com/MLXXXp/Arduboy2 and is BSD. The name Arduboy is covered under US trademark. If you want to make your own clone, there are several out there already, you just can't use the trademark or include any games that carry it.
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Re:Arduboy by VectorLock on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:18PM (#30351297)
>you just can't use the trademark or include any games that carry it.

Sounds like a good lock-in.

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Re:Arduboy by scoutt on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:49AM (#30329770)
> include any games that carry it.

I see many games are open source so, why not? Just being curious.

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Re:Arduboy by VectorLock on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:49AM (#30361524)
I think because they extend usage of their trademark to games (so their hardware will look more attractive) but restrict its use by other hardware manufacturers (to maintain their lock-in)
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Re:Arduboy by steveklabnik on Monday February 14, 2022 @12:03AM (#30328554)
At least the core library seems to be BSD: https://github.com/Arduboy/Arduboy/blob/master/LICENSE
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