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    Is it legal to sell a smart mirror with MM software (since it's open source)?

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      lessthen last edited by

      Would it be legal to sell a smart mirror with MM software, since it’s open source?
      I’m in a smart houses/building bussiness and a few clients have asked me for a smart mirror. And since all of the current ones on the market are too expensive i tought i’d make my own.

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      • broberg
        broberg Project Sponsor last edited by broberg

        This is the License statement of the magicmirror2

        Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to >deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell >copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
        ’
        The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
        ’
        The software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, >fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other >liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.

        Read the document here : https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/blob/master/LICENSE.md

        So yes it is legal. But if you make money of your mirrors you should consider at least donating some money to the project :
        https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=bmbFjLTRPe__0m1cO247cFIOSReRpKLtBS_d0XziqqX5csoYuoTQboJF7TXDeD_0MtsC0G&country.x=NL&locale.x=NL

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        • Mykle1
          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @broberg last edited by

          @broberg said in Is it legal to sell a smart mirror with MM software (since it's open source)?:

          But if you make money of your mirrors you should consider at least donating some money to the project :

          Amen!

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          • Fozi
            Fozi Project Sponsor @broberg last edited by

            But if you make money of your mirrors you should consider at least donating some money to the project :

            I second this 👍🏻

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              lessthen @broberg last edited by

              @broberg

              @broberg said in Is it legal to sell a smart mirror with MM software (since it's open source)?:

              This is the License statement of the magicmirror2

              Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to >deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell >copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
              ’
              The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
              ’
              The software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, >fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other >liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.

              Read the document here : https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/blob/master/LICENSE.md

              So yes it is legal. But if you make money of your mirrors you should consider at least donating some money to the project :
              https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=bmbFjLTRPe__0m1cO247cFIOSReRpKLtBS_d0XziqqX5csoYuoTQboJF7TXDeD_0MtsC0G&country.x=NL&locale.x=NL

              Yes ofc i would donate. Thank you very much.

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              • cowboysdude
                cowboysdude Module Developer last edited by

                Yes sir you can make them and sell them. Nothing wrong with that at all! 🙂

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