It is a commercial hardware, and author wants to get some money back from it. Nothing wrong or shameful about this, as long as this is clearly stated from day 1 (and it is).
At least they provide full schematics here, which is better than many other products do.
Sure. Issue is particularly with the name, "PD-64", which suggests Public Domain (it's far from!). It may well be unintended.
C64 PSUs are C64 killers, which is why I feel strongly there should be as little as possible in terms of barriers to getting a replacement.
Yes, it is far better than the alternative (no schematics), as at least we can learn how it works without reverse-engineering, as well as build our own legally (just not sell).
>Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative
i.e. not Open Source. What a shame.
It is a commercial hardware, and author wants to get some money back from it. Nothing wrong or shameful about this, as long as this is clearly stated from day 1 (and it is).
At least they provide full schematics here, which is better than many other products do.
Sure. Issue is particularly with the name, "PD-64", which suggests Public Domain (it's far from!). It may well be unintended.
C64 PSUs are C64 killers, which is why I feel strongly there should be as little as possible in terms of barriers to getting a replacement.
Yes, it is far better than the alternative (no schematics), as at least we can learn how it works without reverse-engineering, as well as build our own legally (just not sell).
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