[Arm-netbook] eoma and qimod

[Boris Barbour]

Unfortunately, none of this is very surprising once money enters the 
equation.

I think what most people want to know is what does this mean for the 
designs and eoma concept? (The name/trademarks are less of an issue 
given that the project has not taken off.) If the designs can be used 
and more developed (modulo a bit of legal sabre-rattling), I don't see 
the problem.

As an aside, is there genuine private interest in the eoma concept and 
your associates are trying to drive you out? Or are they just bonkers? 
There is clearly not the slightest dollar visible in this project at the 
moment and their actions seem designed to strangle it at birth.

Best,

Boris

On 22/06/14 10:54, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> well,
>
> i must apologise to everyone, the effect that the situation with aaron
> has had on my associate is more severe than i thought, and that is
> actually a *good* thing rather than a bad one.
>
> the original goal - which is at the very top of the rhombus tech web
> site - is the one that i wish to see happen.  my associates it turns
> out wish to make money as the absolute sole exclusive top priority and
> they are prepared to sacrifice all and everything - principles,
> ethics, relationships and more - in the pursuit of that absolute
> pathological goal.
>
> so the first thing that happened was that the rhombus CIC was shut
> down without my being informed.  the second was that i was signed up
> as a Director of QiMod Ltd without my signature, then removed when the
> situation with aaron occurred.  in between, the idea (suggested by
> aaron) was floated to use trademarking to protect the EOMA concept
> (and more importantly the end-users from being harmed) by
> mis-implementation.
>
> i've now received demands for cash up-front license fees for the EOMA
> concept that *i designed*, when i was planning to work profitably
> *with* the very people demanding those fees.
>
> this basically means that the very principles that i founded the
> original goal on [to bring together software libre developers with
> mass-volume hardware manufacturers at every stage of the product
> process in a mutually beneficial way] are being _completely_ violated
> by the associates i thought i could trust to help make them happen.
> so, aaron, thank you for helping to create a situation in which i
> found that out now, rather than later.
>
> so i'm now at a major decision point... but let me be absolutely
> clear: i *will not* be sacrificing any principles or ethics, and i
> *will* be carrying on the goal.  i will be making one last attempt to
> make this clear to my associates over the next few days, but if they
> cannot understand how important those principles and ethics are then i
> will be forced to carry on without them.
>
> last but most important thing to say for now: to the people who have
> donated money over the past couple of weeks, if you would like it
> refunded now, please let me know.
>
> l.
>
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