In a word: "control" (for users) ### Proposed **No NDAs** for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc **Don't ship with binary blobs**. We don't host them or ship them, but we don't go out of our way to disallow users from installing them if they desire. **Hackability.** Accessible and documented internal interfaces, good documentation **No technical secrets.** Published development repositories **Others should be able to recreate the hardware**. Use only easily source-able, openly documented components and chips with minimal export restrictions. Full hardware design/manufacturing files in various formats. **Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell**. Visits, photos, contact information. ### Unsure Avoid rent-seeking behavior in any business model - don't abuse "control" or trusted position Complete transparency of finances, "partnerships" Absolutely no licensing or patent issues - USB ids - WiFi patent worries - hire lots of lawyers to go everything with a fine tooth comb? - best effort sufficient? ### Dreams "I want to build an internet that's not dependant on the whims of any one group at all" Building better/new things as well as fixing problems/bugs/holes (not just-a-libre-XYZ, also shiny and new)