Great post. Thanks for the read. I look at open source hardware as an issue of ownership. I believe anything proprietary only exists for exploitation and is theft of ownership. I often call this issue the rise of the age of neo digital feudalism.

The idea of protecting the public commons in this blog post fits well into this. Growing up I always wondered how people devolved into serfdom in the middle ages. We are currently experiencing it first hand. In a generation or two, the entire concept of ownership will fall apart. The only difference between a serf and a citizen is ownership of one's tools and property. Proprietary is stealing the tools while government corruption is eroding ownership of any property. This is history rhyming. The future is slavery in all but name, and that future is now.