<story><title>USB Implementers Forum Says No to Open Source</title><url>http://hackaday.com/2013/10/22/usb-implementers-forum-says-no-to-open-source/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jrockway</author><text>Why not just pick a VID and start using it?  USB is so well understood at this point that there is no need for anyone to play ball with an &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; organization.&lt;p&gt;(Whoever gets &amp;quot;officially&amp;quot; issued that VID is going to whine when they notice it&amp;#x27;s already being used for hobbyist purposes anyway, which means that the technique of just picking one will guarantee uniqueness.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eksith</author><text>I like this idea. If there&amp;#x27;s some benefactor to the Open Source community (or even if they pass along a collection) for the VID, that could even work. They just need to properly implement the standard and the VID can effectively be the Hoover or Kleenex of VIDs.&lt;p&gt;Edit: On second thought (after I actually read it), this bit...&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Please immediately cease and desist raising funds to purchase a 
  unique USB VID for the purpose of transferring, reselling or 
  sublicensing PIDs and delete all references to the USB-IF, VIDs and 
  PIDs for transfer, resale or sublicense from your website and other 
  marketing materials.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
...rubs me the wrong way on so many levels, I&amp;#x27;m tempted to say, the hell with the forum.</text></comment>
<story><title>USB Implementers Forum Says No to Open Source</title><url>http://hackaday.com/2013/10/22/usb-implementers-forum-says-no-to-open-source/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jrockway</author><text>Why not just pick a VID and start using it?  USB is so well understood at this point that there is no need for anyone to play ball with an &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; organization.&lt;p&gt;(Whoever gets &amp;quot;officially&amp;quot; issued that VID is going to whine when they notice it&amp;#x27;s already being used for hobbyist purposes anyway, which means that the technique of just picking one will guarantee uniqueness.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ZeroGravitas</author><text>They have:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;There are a number of ideas to get around VTM Group that include squatting on USB VID 0xF055&amp;quot;</text></comment>