Talk:ConditionsForFabLabLabel

Via Sherry, one "riccardo_giordani@runbox.com" complained about the "conditions for FabLab label" -- but although invited could not bother to add the discussion to the relevant page. So on his behalf and because I feel the discussion is an important one, I add his complaints for everybody to react:

-- Forwarded message -- From:  Date: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:02 PM Subject: Fablab only for the rich To: fab-info@cba.mit.edu

I would like to provide my feedback on the idea to constraint the FABLAB logo, something that I have seen done by the Island fablab :

http://www.fablab.is/w/index.php/ConditionsForFabLabLabel

A single process equal in all fablab is equal to killl any innovation. This would bring fablab to the level of a standard prototyping copyshop. all using the same 2 software and 3 machines ?

To have the same set of machines is opening a huge discussion that could be not transparet, with also including the doupts of bribery, because the machine producers are very interested, very interested. (nice roland link on island page : http://www.fablab.is/w/index.php/Portal:Equiment )

Fablab is also doing things Low cost , developing low cost process , but the direction is now to disqualify all the fablab that can not get at least 50000 Euro. Forget any African country, any poor country ...

Fablab is now only for the Rich !!!!!

Thanks Regards Riccardo.

P.S: innovation does not follow a standard process, do we want to do that ?

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