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Re:Gridfinity: Unofficial Wiki by GravitasFailure on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:10PM (#33935007)
"Open Source" gets weird with physical objects, though, since functional elements aren't covered by the copyright system software licenses rely on. Copyright would apply to decorative elements and the name plus trademark on the name, but unless there's a patent the functional elements are public domain.
Re:Gridfinity: Unofficial Wiki by jehb on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:21PM (#33935144)
Yeah, it does. To be clear, I'm only referring to the license of the files themselves. In absence of a patent or trademark, the "system" is effectively unlicensed. So, "free" might be a better descriptor anyway.
Re:Gridfinity: Unofficial Wiki by GravitasFailure on Saturday December 10, 2022 @02:30PM (#33935909)
One of these days we may get same terminology around open source stuff, though I suspect that's the same day hell opens an ice skating rink.