On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> Slightly related, but I definitely tend to go for hardware products that >> are open source, when it's an option. > > what exactly does that mean? *hardware* that is *open source*? You mean > all code in it must be OS? Or the hardware design? While I can't answer for Wouter, I do know that open source hardware does in fact exist, one example being OpenCores, which includes mostly the design information. In the case of other manufacturable artifacts, there are open source hardware initiatives. My favorite list of open source hardware projects: http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design Be sure to contact the Open Design Foundation or Open Hardware Foundation (I forget which, maybe one of them is called '- Initiative'). - Bryan http://heybryan.org/ 1 512 203 0507 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist