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Open Cloud Manifesto
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The Maker's Bill of Rights
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Meaningful and specific parts lists shall be included.
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Cases shall be easy to open.
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Batteries should be replaceable.
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Special tools are allowed only for darn good reasons.
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Profiting by selling expensive special tools is wrong and not making special tools available is even worse.
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Torx is OK; tamperproof is rarely OK.
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Components, not entire sub-assemblies, shall be replaceable.
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Consumables, like fuses and filters, shall be easy to access.
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Circuit boards shall be commented.
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Power from USB is good; power from proprietary power adapters is bad.
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Standard connecters shall have pinouts defined.
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If it snaps shut, it shall snap open.
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Screws better than glues.
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Docs and drivers shall have permalinks and shall reside for all perpetuity at archive.org.
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Ease of repair shall be a design ideal, not an afterthought.
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Metric or standard, not both.
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Schematics shall be included.
From: http://makezine.com/04/ownyourown/
The Repair Manifesto
- Make your products live longer!
Repairing means taking the opportunity to give your product a second life. Don’t ditch it, stitch it! Don’t end it, mend it! Repairing is not anti-consumption. It is anti- needlessly throwing things away.
- Things should be designed so that they can be repaired.
Product designers: Make your products repairable. Share clear, understandable information about DIY repairs.
Consumers: Buy things you know can be repaired, or else find out why they don’t exist. Be critical and inquisitive.
- Repair is not replacement.
Replacement is throwing away the broken bit. This is NOT the kind of repair that we’re talking about.
- What doesn’t kill it makes it stronger.
Every time we repair something, we add to its potential, its history, its soul and its inherent beauty.
- Repairing is a creative challenge.
Making repairs is good for the imagination. Using new techniques, tools and materials ushers in possibility rather than dead ends.
- Repair survives fashion.
Repair is not about styling or trends. There are no due-dates for repairable items.
- To repair is to discover.
As you fix objects, you’ll learn amazing things about how they actually work. Or don’t work.
- Repair – even in good times!
If you think this manifesto has to do with the recession, forget it. This isn’t about money, it’s about a mentality.
- Repaired things are unique.
Even fakes become originals when you repair them.
- Repairing is about independence.
Don’t be a slave to technology – be its master. If it’s broken, fix it and make it better. And if you’re a master, empower others.
- You can repair anything, even a plastic bag.
But we’d recommend getting a bag that will last longer, and then repairing it if necessary.
Stop Recycling. Start Repairing.
From: http://www.platform21.nl/page/4315/nl?lang=en
