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Open Source Printer coming before 2027 (www.opentools.studio)
submitted 20 hours ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Open source printer with refillable ink, no bullshit, accept rolls of papers.

Finally an open source printer ! I dealt with so much stupidity with printers. it warm my heart.

I do have too much joy to practice mandatory critical thinking about the release of a new project. Lets talk about it? i am not the only one to be happy about it, i have no info about the price though :/

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[–] 0 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not an expert in those legal fingerprints, but i can imagine that you might need a parent even if you want to open source it, simply so nobody else can patent it. on the other hand, in right now to lazy/sleepy to read the article, so don't mind me :)

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  • [–] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    That's not how patents work. If you open source something, it will count as prior art if someone else tries to patent the same thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago

    ok, as i said I'm unfamiliar with this topic, so I'm happy about some inside.

    how do you proof that you open sourced something before somebody patented it? i mean a parent is registered at some authority. is it sufficient to refer to your, e.g., GitHub history?

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