19. Invention, intellectual property and income¶

The RE-LEASH is a new invention, so I had to really think what I wanted to do with is. As a member of the political Pirate Party of the Netherlands, i am for a free information society. But I am not against copyright, but it must be fair. So I wanted to share but I also wanted to protect my idea of somebody else making money with it or getting patent on it. I choose for the Creative Commons liscensce, and from the Creative Commons liscence I choose for the Attribution (By) ShareAlike (SA) and NonCommercial (NC)

Creative commons licenses:

• - “Attribution (By): All CC licenses require that others using the work must give you credit the way you request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use. If they want to use your work without giving you credit or for endorsement purposes, they must get your permission first.

• - ShareAlike (SA): You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and modify your work, as long as they distribute any modified work on the same terms. If they want to distribute modified works under other terms, they must get your permission first.

• - NonCommercial (NC): You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and (unless you have chosen NoDerivatives) modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially unless they get your permission first.

• - NoDerivatives (ND): You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your work, they must get your permission first.” (Creative commons, 2019)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

But I also choose the Fab liscence, because the Fab liscence is pretty straight forward compared with the in details written CC liscence

Fab license: (c) John Howard van der Zijden 18-06-2019. This work may be reproduced, modified, distributed, performed, and displayed for any purpose, but must acknowledge “The RE-LEASH”. Copyright is retained and must be preserved. The work is provided as is; no warranty is provided, and users accept all liability.

The next version of the RE-LEASH will have the following upgrades: - Power button (turn off battery) - Rechargeable battery via USB - WiFi connection - App controlled interface (IOT) - Bleutooth

Again I will not use the RE-LEASH as a commercial product, but as a product to enhance the wellfare of the animals.

I will start sharing this with my friends and colleagues at school. This way I can test the RE-LEASH fully and identify any bugs. If the demand for the RE-LEASH is increasing I will turn it into mass production, and sell it at the minimum cost

This is the list of components used for the RE-LEASH :

• - Dogchain lock • - Lipo battery 3.7 volt 10x20x20mm • - PCB (milled and design)included with: a) 1x ATTiny44 b) 2x 10K resistor c) 1x 1K resistor d) 1x LED (blue) e) 2x Pinheaders 2X2 f) 1x Pinheader 2x3 g) 1x pinheader 1x2 h) 2x Diode i) 1x Volt converter, j) 1x Button

• - Speaker • - Button • - LED guide lasercut • - 3D printed case