The Iconic 3DBenchy Enters the Public Domain

by kotaKat on 2/14/2025, 9:39 PM with 29 comments
  • by Chernobog on 2/15/2025, 2:08 AM

    I love some of the community responses to the initial Benchy madness, such as the 3D Boaty, which is a bench.

    https://www.printables.com/model/1141963-3d-boaty

  • by Philpax on 2/14/2025, 11:18 PM

    Happy to see a positive outcome here! Here's a great video that details the incident that led to this: https://youtu.be/P7BhMKqIkig

  • by Multiplayer on 2/15/2025, 4:48 PM

    What’s the current state of the art in 3d printers willing to spend 1k+. Is there an authoritative site for hardware?

  • by on 2/15/2025, 5:39 AM

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  • by pbronez on 2/15/2025, 1:57 AM

    Awesome to see the common sense solution become real

  • by hovden on 2/15/2025, 1:03 PM

    The article does not explain how they entered it into the public domain. One cannot just declare something is public domain. Public domain is a special circumstance.

  • by octacat on 2/15/2025, 4:28 PM

    nice, finally we can get all the remixes safely hosted in eu