[Discuss] Suggestions for the OSHWA website and FAQ?

[Nathan Seidle]

I second everything that's been said.

I like Catarina's idea - lead by example. Have a list of 4 or 5
examples of decent open source hardware projects that fits the basics
and best practices.

Adafruit has tons of good examples. Perhaps TV-B-Gone could be a good
one to mention: http://www.ladyada.net/make/tvbgone/

I hate to promote SparkFun but OpenLog is a reasonable example:
https://github.com/sparkfun/OpenLog/wiki
Documentation, firmware, design files, licenses

ColorHug looks neat: http://www.hughski.com/

I really want to not focus on electronics and PCBs so it would be
ideal to get non-electronic based OSHW on there - I just don't know of
any at the moment. Local Motors could be good but it's might be an
example that feels too big to be approachable. Biology? Fashion?
Mechanical?

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Nathan Seidle
CEO, SparkFun Electronics Inc
Boulder, CO
Phone : 1-303-284-0979
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:23 PM, malcolm stanley
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> 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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