Licensing
The Sorter is source-available: its design files and code are public, under the licenses here.
- Hardware
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
CAD files, bills of materials and schematics.
- Software
MIT License with the Commons Clause
The firmware, the software on the machine and the web interfaces.
- Documentation
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Guides, images and videos.
Note
A Sorter you buy from us may be used for anything, including commercially. The non-commercial terms apply to the design files.
The full texts: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and the MIT License with the Commons Clause.
Commercial use
Building a Sorter from the design files is free. Using that machine to earn money needs a license.
Free to do
- Personal projects
- Education
- Research and development
- Building a Sorter from the design files for non-commercial use
Needs a commercial license
- Making Sorters to sell
- Selling products made from modified designs
- Distributing the design files commercially
- Running a self-built Sorter as part of a paid product or service, including sorting LEGO® parts for other people for a fee
For a commercial license, email contact@basically.website.