Re: [Libusb-devel] USB VID/PID for open source projects

[Pete B. <pb...@gm...>]

As I've already mentioned privately to some people, an alternative would 
be to just reuse one the of obsolete VIDs published by the USB-IF [1] 
(where you see that the "MCS Electronics" PID reseller has indeed been 
revoked).

It is doubtful that the USB-IF will want to reassign these VIDs anytime 
soon (in fact, that's what MCS Electronics are basing their business 
on), so they can basically be seen as free for use. The only issue is 
coordination between people "hijacking" these VIDs as well as 
misrepresentation/misidentification of the vendor. However, with these 
vendors being obsolete, if you're a well known open source organization, 
something could probably be worked out with USB IDs list maintainers, 
such as the Linux USB IDs [2].

Regards,

/Pete


[1] http://www.usb.org/developers/tools/obsoletevids011411.pdf
[2] http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids