Final update: due to all kinds of barriers with cost, time, and lack of interest, this rescue effort has been ended. I have auctioned off all remaining parts (and items which Tes donated to the cause) in a closed auction available only to original participants, set aside 1-2 pcbs for each original participant that wants one, and I am in the process of finding a bulk buyer for the remainder of the PCBs (about 70x). The proceeds of the auction and PCB sale will be divided and refunded to any original participants that opted in.

I'm pretty confident I already reached out to all of the original GB members  (and any others who Tes owed a one-off) via email or discord, but if you haven't heard from me, and want to benefit from this PCB surrender or refund pool, please reach out to me.

We tried!!

Can't say how much I appreciate the support of everyone who shared kind words regarding this effort. This was worth getting to know you all.

Fulfillment finished. Extras are live: https://mekibo.com/products/gmk-green-arabic

Quote from: Farhandsome on Wed, 24 May 2023, 09:10:26

I realize the pitfall of that is the fact that the Unified DB is open source and can be easily obtained - I will open-source my own version to keep in this spirit.

My two cents as someone who's always anxious about broken pcbs turning my keyboards into paperweights: I don't think open sourcing the DB would necessarily address the main issue w/ proprietary daughterboards, which is accessibility. Since there's so many boards using the Unified DB, lots of vendors keep them in stock for ~$10. Even though the DB for this board is open sourced, wouldn't the actual cost of getting them made be prohibitive unless someone happens to run a GB for it?

Otherwise, I'm extremely excited for this board and hope it runs smoothly!

Thanks for the comment. I definitely see where you're coming from - getting one-off PCBs made is pretty cost prohibitive. I've looked at it and I can actually make the DB mounting holes compatible with both my custom DB as well as the UDB so I will most likely go that route. That way, replacements can be easily sourced from any vendor carrying the new UDB C4. Thanks for the feedback!

That's a very good looking set.

Keyreative now adds a cumulative surcharge on the whole set for every kit over 3

That means no International Kit then, i suppose?

Or even worse, that means no more international kits for any keyreative sets going forward.
I don't like this even a tiny bit.