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Open Source
Open Source refers the way of developing software while the code is publicly
available. Its target is the development and the debugging of the code by us and
any user of the software. uBuild-3D adopts the principles of Open Source, that is
why it provides at GitHub (
https://github.com/
) the code used in our printer Mr
Bot 280.
Open Source philosophy:
•
Transparency, source code is available to anyone
•
Participation, anyone can participate to the development and the
debugging of the project
•
Co-operation, development is a teamwork
Our printer, Mr Bot 280 functions, using modified version of Marlin firmware
(
http://marlinfw.org/
) version 1.0.2. Marlin is also an Open Source firmware and
we attend the rule that dictates. Marlin is published under the GPL license. That
means that any user must publish any version either modified or unmodified.
We, at uBuild-3D, do publish our source code! Users can have access to the
source code of Mr Bot 280 firmware, in order to modify and use it at their printer
by their own risk. Any improvements and/or fixes are welcome at uBuild-3D and
we are glad to discuss them with you at our blog and email.
uBuild-3D
suggests
Cura
Slicing
Software
2.6
by
Ultimaker
(
https://ultimaker.com/
) as software for 3d model preparation. Cura is an open
source software and it is redistributed and installed freely by uBuild-3D through
our installer. Cura is distributed under the AGPLv3 license, which actually has no
difference with GPLv3 license (
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
), with
the exception that network users are obliged to publish the source code. The
source code of Cura software is available by Ultimaker. uBuild-3D, uses an
unmodified version of Cura but provides the software settings of Mr Bot 280 for
free.
We, at uBuild-3D, believe to the principles of Open Source and encourage users
participation in order to develop and improve our products.
