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by zanny 4571 days ago
I don't consider a computer properly open unless (if I had the available fab tech) I could replicate every part by spec and program everything with blueprints and documentation without breaking any bullcrap trademark or patent without just reproducing the parts verbatim (IE, using novel circuit printing, re-implement the hardware of the computer itself with no barriers and complete information, I am lenient on having short-term no direct replication proceedings, though I think those are still dumb).

The fact that seems so impossible I believe is one of the reasons our IP and information sharing ideologies are so completely fucked right now.