18. Invention, intellectual property and income
Choosing my License & Dissemination
For my project I have chosen CC BY:
Details:
Link to License
Why did I choose this license?
The purpose of my project was for me to learn, not to be a commercial product.
If I decide to commercialise as some point in the future I am not particularity worried about competition.
I am happy for others to take the project further and refine the details that I could not get to in this spiral. For example the firmware would be much improved by a seasoned programmer.
How & Where can this product be sold?
As of now I have no plan to sell the product.
What can be done with the Product Files?
All the files that I have created are hosted on this site and I am happy for others to make this project for themselves.
How can this product be improved / expanded upon from here?
I think the firmware is the biggest area that could be improved.
Right now it uses the circuit python HID library to send keystrokes and mouse moves to the PC but commercial products tend to use custom firmware that can speak directly to the programs. This allows the user to send inputs from the device while not disturbing the mouse pointer for example.