<div dir="ltr">The feedback loop for contributors and the rationale for businesses to value open source is probably just a matter of time. It took a while in software so it should take less time in hardware, since we'll be able to point to its success in software.<div><br></div><div>I like pointing out that the original "open source" technologies were so successful for so long that nobody even thinks about it anymore. For example, cooking has always been an open-source-esque technology stack. Aside from a few hold-outs, chefs and eaters share their "source" freely because it leads to an obvious increase in value for everyone.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:11 PM, 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"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.0009px;white-space:pre-wrap">What the open source hardware</span><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.0009px;white-space:pre-wrap"> community can do to move open hardware forward from the White House's</span><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18.0009px;white-space:pre-wrap"> Maker to Manufacturing Day: <a href="http://www.oshwa.org/2016/08/25/white-houses-maker-to-manufacturer-event/" target="_blank">http://www.oshwa.org/2016/08/<wbr>25/white-houses-maker-to-<wbr>manufacturer-event/</a></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Cheers,</div>Alicia Gibb<div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px">CEO, <a href="http://www.lunchboxelectronics.com/" target="_blank">Lunchbox Electronics</a></div></div><div>Executive Director, <a href="http://www.oshwa.org/" target="_blank">Open Source Hardware Association</a></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Director, <a href="http://www.btulab.com/" target="_blank">Blow Things Up Lab</a></span><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Author, <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13220" target="_blank">Building Open Source Hardware</a></span><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Please note: I tend to check my email once a day during the hours of 9-5 and refrain from checking it outside of work hours and weekends. Thank you for your patience. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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