Alvin Chang

66 points

London, United Kingdom

Alvin has been an independent IT consultant since 2010. He's seen many cases where computer technologies have fewer contributions to human convenience than TV remotes. He wanted to change that after he attended the Open Source Convention 2011. Therefore, he founded CHANGTECH Labs aiming to make technologies work for people, not the other way round.

He's a long-time patron of open source technologies since Slackware in 1992. He's also an RHCA.

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Open source hardware relies on Creative Commons and crowdfunding

When talking about open source, many people's first thought is the GNU General Public License (GPL). While the software world has been revolutionised by GPL, the hardware…

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dj_sa

5 Jan 2013

Open source hardware relies on Creative Commons and crowdfunding

Totally, the patent system is trying to catch up now only.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/patent-office-seeks-feedback-about-reforming-software-patents/

dj_sa

20 Dec 2012

Open source hardware relies on Creative Commons and crowdfunding

Hi Emile:

It looks really great, especially with the multi-country shipping options. Is it in US$ only for now?

Thanks,