Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoStartup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it firstarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down15
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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up116arrow-down1·2 days agoDoing the right thing. How rare.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·2 days agoonce they threatened to abandon it sure. eventually even corporations can be dragged into doing the right thing.
minus-squareolympicyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoIt’s not a corporation anymore if it ceases to exist. Sounds like the engineers are working pro bono on this initiative.
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoMost companies don’t listen, these guys did. Many times when people did the right thing, they had to go through a process first. It would have been if they did it completely on their own, maybe even designed the system for this possible outcome from the beginning. But it’s the end result that matters. They can release the source or they can not. They chose to release it, and that’s great!
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days agoAnd how great of these particular folks for doing the right thing1
Doing the right thing. How rare.
once they threatened to abandon it sure. eventually even corporations can be dragged into doing the right thing.
It’s not a corporation anymore if it ceases to exist. Sounds like the engineers are working pro bono on this initiative.
Most companies don’t listen, these guys did. Many times when people did the right thing, they had to go through a process first.
It would have been if they did it completely on their own, maybe even designed the system for this possible outcome from the beginning.
But it’s the end result that matters. They can release the source or they can not. They chose to release it, and that’s great!
And how great of these particular folks for doing the right thing1