Return of the diy_EGOmeter (YES, it's finally ALIVE!!)

[Sandy Ganz]

Way off Steve, first off now one here is proposing that we are making money
from reverse engineering other products. AND if anyone does make something
it should be the folks that do the work, not someone who takes the design
and time that others have spent. So with comments like this, I guess that I
hope that this attitued didn't exist. I guess that anything I now put up
will be encased in epoxy and all partnumber ground off, and a connector on
the end that has the numbers 1,2,3 on it. The idea of using other product
to reverse engineer something has some questions, but I guess maybe you
missed the point, and that is, if you try to make money with other hard
work (which we are not with the EGO or other projects) then we are OK.

Sandy

At 02:48 PM 4/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Don't you think you invoking a double standard. Look at this group
>breaking O2 meter using an existing meter , reverse engineer GM boxes .
>It will happen any way and there is no way to protect if they are in the
>weeds reading mail . It will be built with a twist in the design . If
>you don't want it copied DON' T post it.
>After all, the posts are public domain you talk on the net the world
>knows ,this is great power of the net and if it drops the price of the
>standard unit down to $200 due to competition the goal was met. Remember
>not all members want to build one, they want to use one. Build some pc
>boards and sell them to the members and make a profit after all this is
>the American way. I'll buy one.
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>Steve
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>Sandy wrote:
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>> YES, I think that this should be true of ALL stuff designed here, and
>> if you
>> are going to do something and make $$ with the designs, the (all)
>> people
>> involved must be contacted. Just a respect thing!!
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> >
>> >As I've said before, there's gonna be a stipulation in the permission
>> to
>> >use the circuit, that you not be making use of the circuit for
>> >profit-making purposes, without express written permission.
>> >
>> >Make as many for you and your pals, AT COST, that you want, but you
>> >start selling them for a profit, and yer name'll be mud, bud.
>> >
>> >Just a reminder.
>> >
>> >Garfield
>> >
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