Re: [DIYbio] DIY Science Equipment contest

On 09/04/2013 01:17 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
> Tekla labs consists primarily of a bunch of UC Berkeley grad students, graduates and postdocs. They're local here, and I can vouch
> for them. They're Good People. No nefarious plans to take over the market in DIY hardware. :-D.
>
> http://www.teklalabs.org/faqs/

But their non-commercial license would stop Sebastian Cocioba from selling his 25 dollar OD600
bacterial turbidity unit if it was exactly the same as the DIY from the instructable that gets
created in the contest. I grant you, that's not a big deal since the contest is about
using generic components to self build lab gear, not
how to make low cost partly 3D printed lab gear. Every DIY machine will have some hand work differences.
Calibration will come from some component in it. It seems they promote point to point hand wiring even,
instead of printed circuit boards.

All Sebastian would need to do is get some other enclosures and knobs and go around such a loose license
on the docs to build lab gear. The main point of Tekla Labs license follows. They're not promoting OSHW:

"1) you must appropriately credit Tekla Labs and the creator of the design, 2) it is for non-commercial uses and 3) if you alter
or build on the design, you may only distribute under this same license or a similar license. Please see the creative commons
webpage for the specific wording and for additional considerations and limitations of this license.

All contributors must agree to distributing their work under this creative commons license. All users must also follow this
license when building, modifying and redistributing any designs."

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