Comments on William Croft’s statements about OpenBCI modules bought from competitors of the www.OpenBCI.com store – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on July 9, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

«Those clone boards (from China) are notorious for not working correctly»

This quote from William Croft can be found in the OpenBCI forum:

Discuss it with your lawyer, if William Croft’s statement does not violate the rights of Chinese sellers.
William Croft’s statement is wrong.
We know of user reports which say that they have issues with the OpenBCI WIFI shield bought from Chinese sellers.
But we do not know of user reports exept from William Croft who say that OpenBCI modules bought from Chinese seller are notorious not working correctly.
Furthermore, OpenBCI is an open source product. Can whe say that there are “original” OpenBCI modules and “clone” OpenBCI modules? No.
But the Chinese sellers should respect the “Unspoken Rules of Open Source Hardware”:

Soapbox: The {Unspoken} Rules of Open Source Hardware

The documentation at https://openbci.com/ is open and can be edited by everyone. But can we trust this documentation? Who is hosting it, and who pays for the domain?
The OpenBCI forum is not open. Sometimes theads will be locked. Who has the right to lock threads?
And what is exactly the reason for locking the forum? Are there any rules?
The reason forum master say is often “spamming”. But is this reason which is given often not justified?

What is your opinion about this topic? Write it in the comments below.
Are OpenBCI modules bought from https://openbci.com/ better than OpenBCI modules bought somewhere else?
And what is you opinion about William Croft’s statements?

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