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> I am in no way associated with any activies selling the Minimal 64x4 as a product. Any such activity represents a license violation. Individual licenses apply for hardware and software parts.

Maybe I should read everything, but what does this mean?






At least part of it is licensed under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial licence.

It means it is not Open Source Hardware.

It also means it is likely too tainted to touch even with a 10m pole.


I think it just means that since he's building this from pre-existing off-the-shelf parts, he has no control over any IP associated with the components he bought. Which seems fairly obvious and uncontroversial.

That's just the...

>Individual licenses apply for hardware and software parts.

part, while I was addressing everything before that.




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