Hi Everyone,

I am MSc Student at TUHH and doing my research on open source hardware.
As a case study example i picked BUGLABS, as i found it very
interesting and innovative.
Coming to the point i am a bit
confused about the fact that BUGLABS is doing alot for communities as
an open source hardware and software provider so,

what is not open and rather closed for community from BUGLABS
What does the company gets in return
And how it is capturing its values??

 Kindly response to my Questions as these answers will be very very supportive in my research.

Thanking you.

Hey Fasiha!

BUG’s community helps us to develop new products and functionality as they take our platform, modify and enhance it and give it back to the community (attracting more users).  Our community also helps us with improvements (and QA), notifying our team with desired features and defects (or fixing defects themselves and contributing them back to us).  Many companies (and individuals) are drawn to using BUG as a solution because we are open source.  They are free from licensing restrictions and are able to modify/use our product in a ways they can not with a more closed system.

Giving and being part of a community also feels good :-)

As far as what is open…  The BUGbase and module schematics and are open and published on our site – hardware design specs, layouts, schematic captures, BOMs and gerber files can be found here (http://bugcommunity.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware…>

There may be instances where a module will have a chips or parts from a vendor that has a proprietary, closed, model and they do not want us sharing details of those specific elements.  This notwithstanding, our goal is to be as open and sharing as possible.  We believe this enables and fosters innovation.

I hope this helps and good luck on your research.

Thank you very much. It was very helpful. i’ll soon let you know my progress and also hoping for same response for any further Questions in Future.

Thanking you

Best Regards,

Fasiha

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