"Chris: I fully understand the reasoning for the events that happened with Dronecode, 3DR is a business, not a charity, so I can appreciate the issues GPL v3 presented.

The open nature of 3DR’s code and hardware, whilst it has many upsides, it did…"

"@Gary

I was aware of ArduPilot being kicked out of Dronecode, which I think is the root cause of the poor relationship between 3DR and ArduPilot, albeit I suspect in time it will all be water under the bridge, well it would be if it wasn't for…"

"I know Lorenz Meier has the Pixhawk trademark, my point still stands on common sense, the name could have been Pixhawk "whatever" there's a range of names that could have been appended onto Pixhawk, adding "3" suggests it's a newer and more advanced…"

"This is the first time since discussing early issues with the IRIS that I've felt compelled to post.

 I’ve been a long term supporter of 3DR, I was one, if not the first IRIS owner in the UK, I was first admin on the IRIS Facebook group after…"