[Lab] Introducing TugBits.com - a marketplace for makers.

[Tom Burns]

Hi Alexandre,

In a future version of the website, item sellers will be able to select the
license for their work from a dropdown list of common choices while
uploading their item.

For now we'd suggest they explicitly enter it in their product description
and include it in their release file.

We are not going to enforce license choices aside from suggesting sellers
adopt the most liberal policy they are comfortable with choosing.

Cheers,
Tom

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Alexandre Castonguay <
acastonguay at artengine.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I appreciate the goals of TugBits but I would like to suggest the Open
> Source Hardware or Open Hardware and Design licences and models : open
> licence + store for kits.  Seems to work for ladyada?
>
> Furthermore, if the boards and projects you host have, as a starting
> point, an artwork as destination, then you could aslo get paid for
> making them in the first place.
>
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Alexandre
>
> Le 11-06-08 19:30, Tom Burns a écrit :
> > Hi Darcy
> >
> > I absolutely appreciate the devil's advocate.  You've brought up a great
> > number of points.  Many we've considered but many we haven't, so thank
> you.
> >  I will be taking you up on your offer.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I know I'm being pretty hard on you guys as a devils advocate but trust
> me
> >> that there is only good will here.
> >>
> >> Buried in all this discussion is one important statement that you
> actually
> >> said right at the beginning:
> >>
> >> "Our dream goal is to help people quit their desk jobs and pay their
> bills
> >> doing what they love, making things".
> >>
> >> If you ping me privately by email, I can arrange a meeting with a couple
> of
> >> my business friends to see what cooks up.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'd like to introduce the community to a website I've been working on
> with
> >>> a few friends.  I would love to hear your feedback on the idea and the
> site,
> >>> http://www.tugbits.com .
> >>>
> >>> Our dream goal is to help people quit their desk jobs and pay their
> bills
> >>> doing what they love, making things.
> >>>
> >>> TugBits.com is a digital marketplace for makers.  You upload your
> design
> >>> files, list them for sale, and collect money via PayPal when your item
> >>> sells.  Likewise, you can use the site to find quality, reviewed
> designs
> >>> suitable for printing on your 3d printer, milling on your CNC, running
> on
> >>> your Arduino, etc.  Also suitable would be e-books, schematics, source
> code
> >>> libraries and tools, etc.  Only after the PayPal transaction is the
> buyer
> >>> able to download the files.  There are no physical items sold on the
> TugBits
> >>> store, only files.
> >>>
> >>> Our goal is to help talented makers easily profit from their hard work.
> >>>  We do not want to replace the existing "free/open source" model, but
> we
> >>> want to augment it. We think that if you can get paid for your work it
> will
> >>> compel you to go the extra step and make it that much better.  Market
> driven
> >>> innovation.
> >>>
> >>> Registering and listing items is free.  We charge 25% of your gross
> >>> revenue and bill monthly.  Depending on our costs and community
> feedback
> >>> this number is probably going to change, but it's similar to the costs
> >>> associated with putting an app on an app store or a musician listing
> with
> >>> iTunes.
> >>>
> >>> Currently you can register on the site and list items for sale, which
> is
> >>> what I would love for any of you interested to do.  We are in the final
> >>> stages of getting PayPal to sign off on the site, at which point
> sellers
> >>> will be able to collect money and items will be able to be sold.
> >>>
> >>> Please visit the site and let me know what you think!  Even if you hate
> >>> it, please reply to tell me why.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Tom Burns
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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