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Comment by wyldfire | Hacker News Reader

Ok I will email my attorney that "Some guy named atYevP on HN told me it was okay." ;)

Having sold a company to IBM, I can attest that this issue would be a Big Problem. {Edit: I mean for any company that used BlackBlaze diagrams labeled "proprietary."}

A big problem for BB if they were to have open source-licensed tech and got acquired by a megacorp, or a big problem for a "kinda-sorta-licensee" of their tech once acquired?

It was a joke, emphasis on IBM 'Big" stuff...

That was the pun, yes, but my comment was about a real issue.

A problem for a startup using these documents without a clear license.

It would not be a problem for Back Blaze being acquired.

We are talking about the company that got a license to use json for evil

They should have sold those (framed of course) to raise money for the JSON folks (expenses and such).

Why, are you planning on reproducing the drawings? Copyright on the drawings has nothing to do with producing the objects described therein. You don't need a license to cook from a recipe.

Sounds legit to me...

I think you are missing the point. What you say here (in HN comments) doesn't matter at all. You should fix the license accordingly - or not, if this suits you better.

I agree with the parent though, if I were in busines and wanted to use your drawings, I wouldn't touch them with such a license. Even as a personal hobby project I would bug you for (official & written) permission before using any of the diagrams.

Other than that, it is nice reading about the technical decisions that go into building such racks. Kudos for sharing the knowledge!

I know, just funnin' :) We're taking a look at it and will update the post/docs accordingly once we figure out which license means less work for us :)

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