[ur-whale]

If you open-source your "IP" (I'm quoting it, because the very name offends me), the problem magically goes away.

But then, that's something culturally almost impossible to even imagine from people who hark from the HW design world.

[lnsru]

When you open source your hardware IP, you can buy it from Aliexpress few weeks later. That’s why I’ll never put final design on public github repository. For first prototype it’s ok. Final design brings in a cost of few thousand euros for electromagnetic compatibility measurement and I’ll definitely not give away this one.

[clarry]

> When you open source your hardware IP, you can buy it from Aliexpress few weeks later.

Sounds like an easy way to get others to do your work for you for free. Win win. Why go through the hassle of establishing a supply chain. So what's the catch? Why are we still labouring instead of waiting for our products to magically ship themselves through Aliexpress?