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by sefjklsffsdfjkl 4549 days ago
https://support.littlebits.cc/entries/22214903-Are-littleBit...

"To be clear, other intellectual property rights such as design elements like fonts, white soldermask with purple silkscreen, logos, as well as the modular connection system (including the connectors and the connector system) are reserved by littleBits Electronics, Inc., and we have a number of issued patents and pending patent applications related to our proprietary magnetic connectors and our system of electrical circuits."

Essentially, littleBits are not so open source after all; a corruption of product industrialization by depreciating the value of what it means to be open source, a trend emphasized by Makerbot Industries.