Hackaday: Today at the Open Hardware Summit in Portland, Alicia Gibb and Michael Weinberg of the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) launched the Open Source Hardware Certification program. It’s live, and you can certify your own hardware as Open Hardware right now.
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I think this article uses some negative connotations around the idea of "open source" software. The author(s) describe it as "just a copyright hack" and I think this plays on only a small element of the overarching goals of open source projects. There is, for instance, countless projects that remain open source because it has countless benefits, including: The ability for anyone, anywhere, to make contributions to such software. Additionally, if the goal of the software is, for example, a community project, it allows for easier distribution of the software as well as easier means of supporting users of the software. One software I can think of that embodies both of these principals is PhpBB, the PHP powered bulletin board (forum) that is entirely open source and maintains a strong following. I feel as though before the authors can begin to comment on open source hardware, they should perhaps consider revising the lens they are utilizing to critique such software.
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