How can I sell Arduino Kits and shields?

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Hey guys! Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I’m not that active on the forum.

I was wondering how licensing works with Arduino shields and kits, so if I made a tutorial on YouTube on making something that uses my custom Arduino shield, would I be able to put that shield onto eBay or amazon and add a link to it in the description of the video?

And with kits, if I made (for example) a led cube light and wanted people to be able to get these specific quantities, what would be my first step on making a kit? Do I need to pay Arduino a interest fee or anything?

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Nothing stops you from reselling on the internet.

However, there are so many inexpensive alternatives to official Arduino stuff that starting a store now is too late.

Unless you are selling in a country where you cannot easily order items but ‘you’ can smuggle in things.

IMHO

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the software is open source. post your source code if you did not write 100% of it yourself, and if you used any libraries
the hardware you derive from it is proprietary. the original plan was, people bought Arduinos, constructed a microcontrolled device, had PCBs made,

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So your saying I don’t need a license? This isn’t exactly what I’m doing and I’m not setting up a shop, I’m just trying to understand if there has to be any licenses.

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if you mean local business and tax licenses: that is not us. you're asking the wrong guys in the wrong place.

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If you change more than about 10% (ballpark figure) of an electronic design, it's legally yours, at least in North America. That is why some designs use sandblasted IC's and epoxy pours to make it uneconomical to copy.

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aarg:
If you change more than about 10% (ballpark figure) of an electronic design, it's legally yours, at least in North America.

That is wrong. There is no such threshold. If you are using unlicensed software or libraries without modification, then you should know the copyright owner's licensing policies. If you modify copyrighted code, then be prepared to explain why your version is an improvement over the original code. Even then you may need to license the original.

To protect yourself, ask Arduino if any code compiled using the Arduino IDE is subject to copyright. Even if their publications say that everything is in Public Domain or Creative Commons, you want it in writing. Do the same with any third-party libraries you use. (Even if you installed the libraries through the Arduino Library Manager, many are third-party.)

But, if you are only selling hardware and providing example code, then you are probably safe.

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You can google Arduino licence to fund the official documentation

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SteveMann:
But, if you are only selling hardware and providing example code, then you are probably safe.

It would seem to depend on whether you are selling the code or making it freely available.