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OpenPandora Design Files Released

Posted by timothy on from the putting-it-all-out-there dept.

New submitter janvlug (3677453) writes "[As of Saturday, May 31], the OpenPandora case and hardware design files have been released for non-commercial use. The OpenPandora is a hand held Linux computer with gaming controls, but essentially it is an all-purpose computer. The OpenPandora offers the greatest possible degree of software freedom to a vibrant community of users and developers."

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  1. Why Non-commercial? by Dwedit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not release it allowing commercial use, and let anyone manufacture it? Availability problems have always been a huge problem for the OpenPandora team.

    1. Re:Why Non-commercial? by obarel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      But you can't play 8-bit crap from 1984 on a Nntendo DS. Definitely worth the extra $400.

      (Don't get me wrong, I was the right age in 1984 to really enjoy that crap. But it's 2014 now and I'm older and wiser).

    2. Re:Why Non-commercial? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The hardware design is open.

      Not by any commonly accepted definition of the word "open". The OSS Foundation, the Open Source Hardware movement, the Open Design movement, OpenCores, and even the FSF, consider "no-commercial-use" restrictions to be disqualifying. What OpenPandora is doing, is trying to get the marketing buzz of calling themselves "open" while restricting use of their IP by anyone than would have a reason for using it.