[Discuss] the significance of oshw

Tue Nov 5 21:22:29 UTC 2013

Thanks Alicia and Emilio. Those are great ideas. Emilio, please ask your
friends and colleagues to send their testimonials in whatever language
they're comfortable with. We'll publish them in their original languages
for now and, later on, we can try to crowdsource translations.

Here's the page for now: http://www.oshwa.org/testimonials

I'll link it to the menu when we have more contributions and Alicia's
testimony isn't so lonely :)

The profile is an interesting idea as well. If people want, they can send
us a profile or a website to link to.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:15 PM, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Emilio, thanks for bringing that up. We have had a fair amount of success
> in getting translations behind the definition and the best practices are up
> in Spanish now too. I think translations of several languages of the
> completed testimony would be fantastic, and I'd urge people to email
> Catarina's request in which ever languages you all know too so that we can
> be more inclusive.
>
> Alicia
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Emilio Velis <contacto at emiliovelis.com>wrote:
>
>> This is just an idea, and you're free to dismiss it, but it would be nice
>> to have a space with people's (or group's) profiles and their testimonial.
>> From our side (as an emerging group of Open Hardware from El Salvador)
>> sharing testimonials from people that don't speak English and would've
>> never thought to be connected globally in this mindset would be a very nice
>> experience.
>> El nov 5, 2013 2:59 p.m., "Catarina Mota" <catarina at openmaterials.org>
>> escribió:
>>
>>  Absolutely, whatever people prefer! There can even be multiple ways to
>>> contribute (to the list, to me, on a google doc, etherpad, etc.) - as long
>>> as I know what all the channels are, I can pull the information into an
>>> OSHWA page.
>>>
>>> Here's a google doc for those who prefer it:
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0JyOKWbldWtXXpqhAOTsGQ23NmEtQit6bDlLLTbFhs/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> But I do think that it's good to keep them as individual testimonials to
>>> capture more diversity of perspectives. If, at one point, anyone wants to
>>> take a stab at summarizing it all that would be awesome too.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Emilio Velis <contacto at emiliovelis.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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