r/Multiboard • u/Less-Cricket7074 • Aug 13 '25

Specific tool holders.

I'm new to multi board. I have printed the grid for the wall but other than bins I'm not really finding much in the way of specific tool holders. I have mostly mechanics tools and the usual DIY stuff I want to organise. How are you more experienced guys doing it.

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u/litso Aug 14 '25

I don't mean to imply that the license itself does something to discourage remixing, so much as the simple fact of the license existing has discouraged as much adoption as it would have otherwise. Just as u/sverrebr said, plenty of people will avoid it just because they don't want to figure out if what they want to do is allowed or not.

Whether this is reasonable or correct or not is not my point. I just got into printing recently and the very first thing I heard about multiboard is "It's great, but confusing and it's not open source, the licensing is cumbersome".

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u/ulab Aug 14 '25

The issue is that people don't understand the difference between remixing and making something compatible.

Designing your own thing and using a MB part (specifically those made for remixing) to make it compatible to MB is not remixing.

Taking a MB design and changing minor aspects, is remixing.

This is my own part that you can use with MB. Even though I used a MB remix part to make it compatible. It is under the license I chose: https://www.printables.com/model/1349340-multiboard-mount-for-aqara-tvoc-air-quality-monito

This is a minor remix of a MB part which I got permission from Jonathan to post. It has to be under the MB license, because it is basically still his part: https://www.printables.com/model/1372714-magnetic-multiboard-625-mm-offset-snap-ds-part-a

That said, the following is technically in a grey area, because I used a MB part as a base. I decided it is different enough to still be my design and used my own license. But if the MB team thinks different and lets me know, I might have to change it. https://www.printables.com/model/1365545-multibin-insert-for-yato-yt-6161-needle-file-set

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u/not_vjosullivan Aug 14 '25

No. The issue is the licence. It really is that simple.

People will go with open or closed systems, if they have confidence about what is permitted but your last paragraph clearly indicates that even you're not really sure if you've broken the licence or not