<div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>It is true. The main idea stands: having people filling out a form, have them comply with a checklist of that their project is, does, and how the creators agree for it to be used. Then, having a research-intended list of OSHWA compliant projects.<br>
<br></div>As long as we make it clear that it's not meant as a registry for verified open source projects but rather a tool to gather information about projects around the world, I think it could be a useful resource.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 April 2014 11:51, alicia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amgibb@gmail.com" target="_blank">amgibb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> The second step on this could be to have people agree on sharing their ideas according to certain policies (the Best Practices document could be a good start) so their project can be approved as Open Hardware.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>People have agreed on the communally written <a href="http://www.oshwa.org/definition/" target="_blank">definition</a> already, so I don't think that the Best Practices would be appropriate as it states optional practices, but not an actual definition of what must be done. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Approval of open hardware can be a slippery slope we need to be careful of. We don't want to turn into the USB commission, for example :)</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 April 2014 13:23, alicia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amgibb@gmail.com" target="_blank">amgibb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">OSHWA has been considering a rather expensive project to raise funds for - more or less a "prior art" repository for open source hardware. The only way it would help however, is if a country's patent and trademark office actually look at it when reviewing a patent application - which we can't guarantee. <div>
<br></div><div>Under section 4 of this blog post it talks about how to take down a patent even when prior art has been established, and its not easy: <a href="http://www.oshwa.org/2013/12/05/open-hardware-legal-meetup-nyu-nov-11/" target="_blank">http://www.oshwa.org/2013/12/05/open-hardware-legal-meetup-nyu-nov-11/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Alicia </div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM, YES NOPE9 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yes@nope9.com" target="_blank">yes@nope9.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I would like to collaborate and throw in the concept of Open IP.<div>I am looking for a way to easily *public domain* ideas , patent ideas , etc.</div>
<div>so that stifling IP portfolios can be attacked on the basis of *prior art*.</div><div>Does such a thing exist already ?</div><div>99guspuppet @99guspuppet #IPPParadigm</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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El feb 6, 2014 6:18 p.m., "Harry Hutton" <
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I've started a small Open Design community - concerned not just with electronic hardware, but with open development for the entire product.
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Maybe you guys might be interested in joining, would be great to hear your voices on it, i'm sure we'd have plenty of questions. Some discussion could definitely be had on the future of IP, and its a great way to post and discover open projects.
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<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/OpenDesign/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/OpenDesign/</a>
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Let me know what you think!
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How would
<a href="http://openplex.org/" target="_blank">Openplex</a> fit in that group? (website very in development)
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Design vision for company: if Apple were designed by Mozilla and were certified LEED Mithril (elegant, open, and green, respectively; and each as much as possible).
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About to test the power of collaboration to design a company that operates entirely in the open.
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I'm still very wet behind the ears in everything tech* so this works out!
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<em>*(and been toiling in obscurity way long, and finally beginning to figure out how to 'broadcast' development in real time)</em>
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Laura, would the group like to summarize a quick open design definition for Nutshellpedia? See the entry entry for
<a href="http://nutshellpedia.org/nutshells#open_source_hardware" target="_blank">open source hardware</a>.
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