So, kind of unrelated, but also related, yet unrelated...<div><br></div><div>Is O'Reilly laying claim to the "Makerspace" term now? What I mean is, if someone is setting up a space and has been calling it a Makerspace, should they think of a new term so as not to run afoul of trademarks and whatnot?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-s</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Jerry Isdale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com" target="_blank">isdale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>The O'Reilly <a href="http://Makerspace.com" target="_blank">Makerspace.com</a> is the DARPA funded project to put 1000 makerspaces in high schools. Preliminary work is starting to come out, not long after they signed the contract. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Today their blog post announces the of released their 'Makerspace Playbook' and updated the high school makerspace tools & materials doc. They have asked for comments on the PDFs.</div><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://makerspace.com/2012/05/01/makerspace-playbook/" target="_blank">http://makerspace.com/2012/05/01/makerspace-playbook/</a><div><br></div><div>Check em out. I think they could be adapted to generic hackerspaces.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><div>CAUTION - this material was developed using US Government Department of Defense money. If that offends you, do not read it.</div></div><div>(Personally, I am happy to redirect funds from weapons making to hackers.)</div>
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