Marlin: GPL Violation by Dagoma? No, they have a Github!
Hello,
Dagoma (http://www.dagoma.fr/) a french company is selling printer with a preflashed Marlin on their Melzi, they say it's a "customized Marlin".
But they give no source code of it and no way to install it by your own.
Alex4J
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Their only obligation is to supply the source code _upon request_. Have you written to request it? If you have and they have refused, you actually have the right to write back and _demand_ the source code. If they still refuse, tell them that the Marlin project team would like to talk to them!
I don't know what it is, but it seems like all these violators are using Melzi boards. Maybe this is actually a Chinese company…?
thinkyhead
on 16 Mar 2016
Yes i sended an email but they looks like to just "ignore" it, they don't answer. I am not the first one to ask, some people on the french RepRap IRC also asked but they also ignored them.
This is not a Chinese company, it's a french company, they just use most cheap and crappy materials from china...
Alex4J
on 18 Mar 2016
Send a Registered Letter to their Legal Department. My guess is they will respond.
Roxy-3D
on 18 Mar 2016
no need to ask https://github.com/dagomafr/dago_FW
jfpion
on 18 Mar 2016
no need to ask https://github.com/dagomafr/dago_FW
Thank You!
Roxy-3D
on 18 Mar 2016
Oh yes sorry it's not listed on their website and they ignored all my emails, really sorry
Alex4J
on 18 Mar 2016
@Alex4J
If the Marlin posted on https://github.com/dagomafr/dago_FW solves your problem, please close this issue for housekeeping. Thanks.
But this Marlin is at least one year old. :disappointed:
I would recommend to use their Configuration.h and Configuration_adv.h to manually build a configuration for the brand new RC4 branch. A huge amount of bugs have been fixed here thanks to @thinkyhead !
BTW: I have seen the Dagoma printer on the Make Faire in Dortmund two weeks ago and thought about building one for and with my son, because it is really simple - specially if you have a printer to print the plastic parts. :smile:
CONSULitAS
on 26 Mar 2016
Now I'm curious to find out more about this Dagoma.
thinkyhead
on 26 Mar 2016
@thinkyhead
It is a rather simple design and the kit is about 300€/$:
http://www.dagoma.fr/en/produit/le-kit-discovery200/
Key to the simplicity is that the frame is printed and you only need a few standard metal parts you get at eBay or so, a E3D with Bowden and a Mega/Ramps. The kit contains an electronics that I would not choose, because you can't change the stepper drivers and seems not to be expandable like a Ramps.
But i would change the fan layout, because the fan cools the hotend and the print.
But if you download the parts it seems to be rally easy to build...
CONSULitAS
on 27 Mar 2016
@CONSULitAS The card looks like a Melzi http://reprap.org/wiki/Melzi (think its an original RepRap design)
epatel
on 27 Mar 2016
Too many of these Melzi machines popping up – but I guess they are inexpensive.
thinkyhead
on 27 Mar 2016
Changed the title because Internet.
thinkyhead
on 27 Mar 2016
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