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Can't We All Just Get Arduino? - Tardiloquent Trademark Tirade

The Amp Hour · 26 Mar 2015 · 1h 16m · Episode 242

What this episode covers

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the legal battle between Arduino LLC and co-founder Gianluca Martino over the Arduino trademark, analyzing the implications for open source hardware. They also explore the challenges of portable test equipment design, the rise of browser-based mechanical CAD tools like Onshape, and the importance of educational software licensing.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Arduino, SparkFun, Microsemi, Vitesse, Cypress, Spansion, Element14, MathWorks, TI, NI
Products
Raspberry Pi 2, Actel
Tools
Onshape, SolidWorks, Altium, KiCad, CircuitStudio, Upverter
Also
GitHub, Tim Ferriss

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