[Dead_Lemon]

The amount of people that design and repair electronics is significantly smaller than the people that use electronics, that doesn't mean RasPi should ignore them. They boast opensource development, but seem to be working counter to that.

It makes is substantially easier to work with known design docs, and RasPi want people to use their hardware in embedded applications.

It's not like you can replicate their hardware with just the schematic. Its awesome to see other filling the gap, but its a gap that has no need to exist.

[justin66]

I agree that they shouldn't be ignored, but... how to compel companies to share schematics, in the absence of enlightened legislation?

[sitkack]

The original mission was to get kids into computing with a low cost board, something akin to the C64 back in the 80s. But apparently that is only as user and not as a creator. I'd argue that getting kids into computing at the hardware level is even more important now.

But I think in some small part the RPi Foundation has captured itself and turned into a for profit company where the original mission takes a back seat.

[justin66]

Yeah. The IPO really baked in some negative things.