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Invention, intellectual Property and Income

Dissemination Plan

I would like my final project to be used in different ways.
  • For myself as a fabrication tool to be able to experiment with different techniques and create works of art/interest.
  • As a learning tool for others to help understand steppers, electronics, mechanics and how to control them.
  • As an open source project where others can contribute to improve the design and functionality of the project.

    • As a tool for myself, I would like to explore 3D printing further using multiple axis, looking at voxel printing, printing at different angles and also using novel materials such as porcelain slip. Having an intimate knowledge of the machine will not only help my in understanding how to manipulate the mechanics in ways I know are possible, but also how to program the arm to do what I want.

    I hope to continue documenting my machine, probably revamping the information so it is in a more logical fashion and presented more as a learning resource than a diary of successes and failures.

    I have seen other open-source robots such as the Hangbot 3D printer on Bountysource.com. This looks like a good way to earn income and also market ad share the idea in a community. Ideally a page on github will be setup so others can easily download files and suggest/keep up with updates.

    For protection of the work I have produced, both as an asset and liability I am going to use the MIT licence.

    Copyright 2018 Paul Nichols

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

    I have chosen this licence as I do not want this project to be proprietary at this stage. I am happy to share the information for both the mechanics and the and allow others to build on it; in fact that is the whole point of the project. In terms of making any kind of monetary value from this machine, I aim to do this with the products of the machine rather than the machine itself.


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