Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
garbados@friend.camp ("crows call me breadlady") wrote:
if you want open source to mean more than caveat emptor, you need to make it a labor issue in addition to a rights issue. not only must the car have a public spec, but there ought to be readily available expertise to fix your car when it breaks. an open spec is useless if every mechanic is an overworked volunteer.