On Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:20:00 PM UTC-4, davidc wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm an engineering student and want to find others in Ireland who
> 1. are interested in non-commercial culture, and
> 2. are interested in open-source software/hardware.
> I am hoping to help establish a hub for "semi-commercial" initiatives
> in Dublin in the near future.
> Specifically, there are two things I'd like to do:
> 1. help to set up a "sharespace" somewhere in the greater Dublin
> area
> ( http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace <http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace>), and
> 2. help to set up a partly-commercial engineering initiative.
> I say "partly-" or "semi-" commercial because - although this would be
> a genuine and concrete effort at bringing about non-commercial
> alternatives - we obviously need a certain amount of money for various
> reasons in the medium-term. So we need to figure out some sort of
> compromise - and this probably means engaging in commerce to a certain
> extent.
> The first project I have in mind is Repraps - i.e. building, selling
> and sharing them - but we could look into a lot of other projects as
> time advances. E.g., in due course we could explore designs such as
> Elphel cameras, USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripherals), DSO Nano
> (open-source digital oscilloscope), SLS wax printers (followed by lost-
> wax casting) etc..
> Technically, we would probably be declaring ourselves legally as a
> business of some sort - but a significant amount of the work done
> would be done on a non-commercial basis. What portion of the work done
> would be commercial and what portion non-commercial would probably
> vary over time - and is something we could figure out as we go along.
> The general maxim would be this: if we have the time and wherewithal
> to help people outside a commercial context - and if we have some sort
> of assurance as to the trustworthiness of their character - we do so.
> Whenever we fear that these practices might compromise our commercial
> viability, we stand back and reevaluate. So we try to focus first-and-
> foremost on the intrinsic value of the work we are doing - but we also
> make allowances for the "way of the world".
> I raised this issue on the Reprap Ireland forums recently:
> http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971<http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971>
> Finally, I am involved with an informal group called "Sharing
> Ireland": http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/<http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/>. Anyone is
> welcome to get involved in that also (as of yet it is solely an online
> community).
> If anyone is interested, don't hesitate to contact me. And forward
> this to anyone you think might be interested.
> David
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:20:00 PM UTC-4, davidc wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm an engineering student and want to find others in Ireland who
> 1. are interested in non-commercial culture, and
> 2. are interested in open-source software/hardware.
> I am hoping to help establish a hub for "semi-commercial" initiatives
> in Dublin in the near future.
> Specifically, there are two things I'd like to do:
> 1. help to set up a "sharespace" somewhere in the greater Dublin
> area
> ( http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace <http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace>), and
> 2. help to set up a partly-commercial engineering initiative.
> I say "partly-" or "semi-" commercial because - although this would be
> a genuine and concrete effort at bringing about non-commercial
> alternatives - we obviously need a certain amount of money for various
> reasons in the medium-term. So we need to figure out some sort of
> compromise - and this probably means engaging in commerce to a certain
> extent.
> The first project I have in mind is Repraps - i.e. building, selling
> and sharing them - but we could look into a lot of other projects as
> time advances. E.g., in due course we could explore designs such as
> Elphel cameras, USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripherals), DSO Nano
> (open-source digital oscilloscope), SLS wax printers (followed by lost-
> wax casting) etc..
> Technically, we would probably be declaring ourselves legally as a
> business of some sort - but a significant amount of the work done
> would be done on a non-commercial basis. What portion of the work done
> would be commercial and what portion non-commercial would probably
> vary over time - and is something we could figure out as we go along.
> The general maxim would be this: if we have the time and wherewithal
> to help people outside a commercial context - and if we have some sort
> of assurance as to the trustworthiness of their character - we do so.
> Whenever we fear that these practices might compromise our commercial
> viability, we stand back and reevaluate. So we try to focus first-and-
> foremost on the intrinsic value of the work we are doing - but we also
> make allowances for the "way of the world".
> I raised this issue on the Reprap Ireland forums recently:
> http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971<http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971>
> Finally, I am involved with an informal group called "Sharing
> Ireland": http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/<http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/>. Anyone is
> welcome to get involved in that also (as of yet it is solely an online
> community).
> If anyone is interested, don't hesitate to contact me. And forward
> this to anyone you think might be interested.
> David
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:20:00 PM UTC-4, davidc wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm an engineering student and want to find others in Ireland who
> 1. are interested in non-commercial culture, and
> 2. are interested in open-source software/hardware.
> I am hoping to help establish a hub for "semi-commercial" initiatives
> in Dublin in the near future.
> Specifically, there are two things I'd like to do:
> 1. help to set up a "sharespace" somewhere in the greater Dublin
> area
> ( http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace <http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace>), and
> 2. help to set up a partly-commercial engineering initiative.
> I say "partly-" or "semi-" commercial because - although this would be
> a genuine and concrete effort at bringing about non-commercial
> alternatives - we obviously need a certain amount of money for various
> reasons in the medium-term. So we need to figure out some sort of
> compromise - and this probably means engaging in commerce to a certain
> extent.
> The first project I have in mind is Repraps - i.e. building, selling
> and sharing them - but we could look into a lot of other projects as
> time advances. E.g., in due course we could explore designs such as
> Elphel cameras, USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripherals), DSO Nano
> (open-source digital oscilloscope), SLS wax printers (followed by lost-
> wax casting) etc..
> Technically, we would probably be declaring ourselves legally as a
> business of some sort - but a significant amount of the work done
> would be done on a non-commercial basis. What portion of the work done
> would be commercial and what portion non-commercial would probably
> vary over time - and is something we could figure out as we go along.
> The general maxim would be this: if we have the time and wherewithal
> to help people outside a commercial context - and if we have some sort
> of assurance as to the trustworthiness of their character - we do so.
> Whenever we fear that these practices might compromise our commercial
> viability, we stand back and reevaluate. So we try to focus first-and-
> foremost on the intrinsic value of the work we are doing - but we also
> make allowances for the "way of the world".
> I raised this issue on the Reprap Ireland forums recently:
> http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971<http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?201,121971>
> Finally, I am involved with an informal group called "Sharing
> Ireland": http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/<http://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/>. Anyone is
> welcome to get involved in that also (as of yet it is solely an online
> community).
> If anyone is interested, don't hesitate to contact me. And forward
> this to anyone you think might be interested.
> David
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:20:00 PM UTC-4, davidc wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm an engineering student and want to find others in Ireland who
> 1. are interested in non-commercial culture, and
> 2. are interested in open-source software/hardware.
> I am hoping to help establish a hub for "semi-commercial" initiatives
> in Dublin in the near future.
> Specifically, there are two things I'd like to do:
> 1. help to set up a "sharespace" somewhere in the greater Dublin
> area
> ( http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace <http://sharewiki.org/en/Sharespace>), and
> 2. help to set up a partly-commercial engineering initiative.
> I say "partly-" or "semi-" commercial because - although this would be
> a genuine and concrete effort at bringing about non-commercial
> alternatives - we obviously need a certain amount of money for various
> reasons in the medium-term. So we need to figure
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