[Discuss] Suggestions for the OSHWA website and FAQ?

[malcolm stanley]

some of these good ideas may be more appropriate for a Wiki;
that would allow fair comment and contribution by members without placing
the actual association in a position of judgement.
also, I believe that if we do not crowdsource such knowledge we will all
end up the poorer for it.
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Alicia Gibb <pip at nycresistor.com> wrote:

> David has been instrumental to getting the existing FAQs up. Thank you
> David!
>
> I agree, it may be good to speak up about those unspoken rules. It seems
> there is a fair bit of confusion around those.
>
> The list of companies sounds cool, but we don't want to get into situation
> where oshwa becomes a judge or gate keeper of what is and isn't, and rather
> remains an educational source about open source hardware. But we like
> celebration! I'll be celebrating several factoids about open source
> hardware companies at the summit. We are also talking about a repo that
> could include any and all oshw projects that people upload themselves.
> Basically a virtual library full of open source hardware goodness :) But I
> am off topic, that's a project not a FAQ.
>
> See you all at the summit!
>
> Alicia
> On Sep 24, 2012 3:44 PM, "Catarina Mota" <catarina at openmaterials.org>
> wrote:
>
>> - A step by step of how to open source the right away: what files should
>> be published, when they must be up by (shipping, not 6 months later), etc.
>> This is one of the questions we get most frequently at OSHWA. People decide
>> to open source something but don't necessarily know what it's required to
>> comply with the definition.
>>
>> - The unspoken rules of OSHW as described by Phil.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:37 PM, phillip torrone <pt at oreilly.com> wrote:
>>
>>> a list of oshwa companies - elevate and celebrate oshw makers, a nice
>>> list of companies would be really cool for folks to see this is a real
>>> thing.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> pt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 24, 2012, at 5:01 PM, "David A. Mellis" <dam at mellis.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > A while back, Alicia asked me to help update the content on the OSHWA
>>> > website and, in turn, I'd like to ask you for your help. In
>>> > particular, I'm interested in expanding the content of the FAQ
>>> > (http://www.oshwa.org/faq/) to make it more useful to those looking
>>> > for information about open-source hardware and OSHWA.
>>> >
>>> > What questions would you like to see answered in the FAQ?
>>> >
>>> > What information and advice would you offer to those interested in
>>> > open-source hardware?
>>> >
>>> > I know that this is a busy time - with the Open Hardware Summit and
>>> > Maker Faire approaching - but I wanted to raise the question now so we
>>> > can think about it during the summit. Suggestions welcome now or
>>> > later.
>>> >
>>> > David
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