On Monday 10 July 2006 23:27, Peter TB Brett wrote: > Attila Kinali wrote: > > Also OHF could do something to protect Traversals IP: give out > > certificates to open hardware friendly companies. This would be > > a good marker for people who would like to buy OH devices. > > This is a *fantastic* idea. If we have a smart logo -- you know, like > the "Designed for Windows" thing -- for people to display on their > products...
Or like the FSC quality mark for tropical hardwood, or the EKO mark for ecologically grown vegetables. I think there are two different things here. One is a certificate for hardware, that shows how open it is. The other is a certificate for manufacturers, to show how community-friendly they are. The first (which you described I think) would show customers whether the thing they're buying is likely to work properly with an open source operating system, while the second tells them whether they should have a warm and fuzzy feeling about buying the product, or feel somewhat disgusted "but it was all I could afford". Of course, it's pretty hard to draw up criteria for such a certificate. Any ideas? Lourens
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