Euclid probe kit with hardware in EU?

PaulHew

@zapta said in Euclid probe kit with hardware in EU?:

@gixxerfast, you may want to check with @sinned6915, I think he is involved with it.

BTW, Steve from the Voron dev team had today a live episode where he installed an Euclid on Voron V2.4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpS2G_02OlQ

29mins in and he had put the magnets on the wrong side.....

Gixxerfast

@paulhew said in Euclid probe kit with hardware in EU?:

I can ship you a board, magnets and screws for magnets.

That would be really great, thanks Can I PM you here somehow with details? Not sure it's possible on the forum?

I've got switches and JSTs.

jay_s_uk

@paulhew got one spare?

PaulHew

@jay_s_uk I will have.
Magnets come thursday, boards whenever USPS gets them here!

I have a feeling I need to order more PCB's
I do have 100 pairs of magnet turning up....

I PM you guys.

sinned6915

@paulhew The Euclid license is Non-Commercial. Please do not resell my work.

sinned6915

@jay_s_uk DM and I will be happy to send you and gloomy official board and kits.

PaulHew

@sinned6915 Just as well I do not sell them. I give them away and charge postage.

sinned6915

@paulhew That goes agains the spirit of the license.

zapta

@paulhew said in Euclid probe kit with hardware in EU?:

29mins in and he had put the magnets on the wrong side.....

It's a live video so a significant social aspect (vs informative).

We should have similar videos for the Duet/RRF where dc42 edits config files with live user comments and donations.

PCR

@paulhew magnets here too! Can you PM me?

PCR

@sinned6915 the biggest problem is sadly the magnets in Europe....;(

oliof

@sinned6915 so you are saying it's against the license to give away the probe for free? That's an interesting interpretation of the CC-BY-NC-SA and proves once again that it's important to stick with OSI approved open source licenses that guarantee the four freedoms.

I guess I'll stay away from the Euclid probe then because you're basically saying I couldn't sell or give away for free a printer with the Euclid probe fitted on to it.

PCR

@oliof https://lukeslabonline.com/products/euclid-probe-kit?_pos=1&_sid=860330177&_ss=r

Hmm

oliof

@pcr doesn't matter, that could be under another direct agreement with sinned -- I am just reacting to what they wrote above.

zapta

@oliof, since it's not a patent, a new pcb design should address the copyright issue.

I am happy with the Clicky design which is simpler and pcb-less.

oliof

@zapta depends on whether sinned would go after people claiming it'd be a derivative. The idea is poisoned for iteration by third parties, and there's not much to do about it.

Also, klicky probe is GPL 3.0 but references Euclid and Quickdraw as inspirations, which has an even worse license from an Open Source point of view. If we're lucky, this will never be lawyered out, but if even giving away probes for free is considered "not in spirit with the license" then I am not optimistic.

I think the only way this idea is salvagable for Open Source usage if there's a similar design that's prior art and properly licensed.

zapta

@oliof said in Euclid probe kit with hardware in EU?:

@zapta depends on whether sinned would go after people claiming it'd be a derivative.

Copyright protect the specific expression (e.g. documentation, PCB layout, etc) but not the method (a stow away electro mechanical probe), structure (a pcb with two magnets and a connector), dimensions (distance between magnets) or functional aspects.

BTW, @sinned6915, did you come up with the idea of a stow away probe with an electromechanical switch and conduction through a magnetic coupler or is it based on previous works?

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oliof

@zapta I am not claiming they'd be justified to go after anyone, given their hard stance on people wanting to give away the probes for free (which I personally don't believe is enforceable btw) may mean they'd still give it a go.

sinned6915

@oliof No sorry that's not what I meant.

I've been looking to have this made and sold in the EU, and have had to deal with some vendors I approached basically threatening me with "This is the deal we'll offer, and if you don't take it we'll make our own and make sure you can't sell your design in the EU"

I'm sorry for letting that affect my response, the design is very much still CC-BY-NC-SA.