[Discuss] the significance of oshw

[Catarina Mota]

Awesome!

Michael: you can either just post your testimonial on this thread, or email
it directly to me if you prefer.

Gabby: that's a great idea! Same thing: either send to the list or to me
and I'll start a page on oshwa.org (if no one has objections to that).


On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:14 PM, gabriella levine <gabriella.levine at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I know also there have been a number of amazing and inspirational talks
> about the importance of OSHW, none of which are archived in one spot -
> would this be such a place for this , also?
>
> Yes I agree that this could be cool and I'm definitely interested. I can
> get you a few lines of text, video, and photos if that would work.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Catarina Mota <catarinamfmota at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been thinking about the real significance of open source hardware.
>> We spend a lot time discussing how to do OSHW right. We usually explain its
>> advantages by saying that it allows people to copy, modify, and transform
>> hardware, which leads to faster development and better technologies. But I
>> think there is more to it than that. In some recent conversations, a few
>> people mentioned the sense of empowerment and liberation that comes from
>> creating and modifying technologies, which makes me think that there are
>> deeper cultural implications here.
>>
>> So I was thinking that it would be nice to compile a series of
>> testimonials about what people perceive as the personal, practical,
>> political, cultural, social or economic advantages and disadvantages of
>> open source hardware.
>>
>> If OSHWA agrees, we can create a page for these testimonials/opinions on
>> oshwa.org. Or, if for any reason, that is problematic, I can find
>> another place to publish them. I just think that it's important to put a
>> more human face on our outreach efforts (rather than just publishing
>> technical and legal information).
>>
>> Does anyone want to contribute? There's no structure, just whatever you
>> want to say about this topic. If you post your opinions on this list I can
>> collect, compile and publish them (on oshwa.org or somewhere else).
>> Hopefully this can also trigger an interesting discussion :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Catarina
>>
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