Sales and Marketing?

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Just curious. If I were to use an Arduino board in a product I built, am I able to sell said product, or would I have to contact Arduino company and go through a process to do so?
For example. Lets say I build a Remote control car that flys. Would I be able to sell them at like a festival or in a store legally, or is that not acceptable?

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From https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ#toc10

Can I build a commercial product based on Arduino?

Yes, with the following conditions:

  • Physically embedding an Arduino board inside a commercial product does not require you to disclose or open-source any information about its design.
  • Deriving the design of a commercial product from the Eagle files for an Arduino board requires you to release the modified files under the same Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. You may manufacture and sell the resulting product.
  • Using the Arduino core and libraries for the firmware of a commercial product does not require you to release the source code for the firmware. The LGPL does, however, require you to make available object files that allow for the relinking of the firmware against updated versions of the Arduino core and libraries. Any modifications to the core and libraries must be released under the LGPL.
  • The source code for the Arduino environment is covered by the GPL, which requires any modifications to be open-sourced under the same license. It does not prevent the sale of derivative software or its inclusion in commercial products.

In all cases, the exact requirements are determined by the applicable license. Additionally, see the previous question for information about the use of the name “Arduino”.

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Thanks for the clarification. Wasn't exactly sure how it worked.

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DYarte:
Just curious. If I were to use an Arduino board in a product I built, am I able to sell said product, or would I have to contact Arduino company and go through a process to do so?
For example. Lets say I build a Remote control car that flys. Would I be able to sell them at like a festival or in a store legally, or is that not acceptable?

I have a customer that uses an Arduino nano in their product and they sell quite a few.

Paul