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Re:The frequent fliers who flew too much by daeken on Monday May 07, 2012 @02:21AM (#3937873)
I've actually considered this myself; invest $2k in it and get a large number of PIDs for my own purposes, and sell them off to others to recoup (some of) the costs. However, I think they've changed the rules on this for new licensees, right?

Which company does this? I may end up getting some from them.

Edit: Yep, they did indeed change it. Relevant text from the VID acquisition form:

> The USB Implementers Forum is the authority which assigns and maintains all USB Vendor ID Numbers. Each Vendor ID Number is assigned to one company for its sole and exclusive use, along with associated Product ID Numbers. They may not be sold, transferred, or used by others, directly or indirectly, except in special circumstances and then only upon prior written approval by USB-IF. Unauthorized use of assigned or unassigned USB Vendor ID Numbers and associated Product ID Numbers are strictly prohibited.

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Re:The frequent fliers who flew too much by CamperBob2 on Monday May 07, 2012 @03:53PM (#3940668)
The reseller I was talking about is http://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&#... . I am not associated with MCS Electronics, but I've shipped hardware with a PID I purchased from them, and have been very satisfied.
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