[Discuss] OSHW Best Practices / Layers of Openness

[Windell H. Oskay]

On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Tom Igoe <tom.igoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Chris, that's a useful clarification, and it begs the next question: 
> 
> Is it okay that OSHWA just focuses on the electronics?  Maybe we have no desire to serve an industrial design audience, say, or a mechanical engineering audience.  Maybe it's specifically about the electronics industry. If so, then your rationale makes perfect sense.  If not, then what are best practices for opening mechanical, structural, etc. designs?

Hi Tom,
  In what way(s) do you see OSHWA focussing just on the electronics?   It's important (to me personally, at least) that OSHWA should try to broaden our reach to the larger domain of hardware in general.

Cheers,
-Windell



Windell H. Oskay, Ph.D.
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