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    14 hours ago

    Also means that a robust community of people creating businesses to sell variations of the hardware for those who aren’t as maker friendly cannot emerge, correct?

    Correct, that’s just one of the problems with NC licenses.

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      On the other hand, we also won’t have any chinese clones (legally) that eventually force the original creators to reduce their open contributions.

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        11 hours ago

        legally

        Therein lies the other issue, unless the creator has millions of dollars to fund lawsuits, if a large company or Chinese company decides to clone it he can do nothing. The only people who will respect the license are individuals and small businesses.