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Hello friends of the community,
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Since this is an open hardware group I could probably gather some ideas for a nutshell on "open hardware" or "open source hardware" in
<a href="http://www.nutshellpedia.org/nutshells">Nutshellpedia</a>. A simple description that an expert would approve of, yet without it sounding technical. All in less than 500 characters!
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We need a strong, consistent, accurate way to define open source hardware because every inconsistency dilutes it on the internet.
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Marketply is already working on a couple of trademarks to group openables (open source, open technology) intuitively and then "donating" it to capable hands. This is going to take certification to a new level: crowd certificification. It's open, transparent, and free (with some deterrents which the community gets to exercise).
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There are more
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.marketply.org/seeds/#multiversal">community-powered</a> things I'll be announcing, I have to get to work though and I'll get online when possible (I'm helping to set up the stage and equipment for Wrestlemania; I look forward to the day when tours begin setting up open source hardware!). We set up almost a month in advance, it takes that long! We'll be busy and should be an experience.
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Best,
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Marino Hernandez
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(just a founder of Marketply)
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