[Discuss] the significance of oshw

[Emilio Velis]

We could work an Etherpad or Google Docs document to make it collaborative.
El nov 5, 2013 2:20 p.m., "Catarina Mota" <catarina at openmaterials.org>
escribió:

> 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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