[hackerspaces] Children in hackerspaces.

[Koen Martens]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 03:22:47PM -0500, Nick Farr (hackerspaces.org) wrote:
> That this conversation ended this way signals to me that Hackerspaces
> have peaked, and that it's all downhill from here.

Hah, don't overgeneralise.. So there's two or three spaces that are
scared of the legalities, there's dozens more that haven't complained
about anything, and in fact at least two hackerspaces i know of actively
seek out participation by kids!

In fact, it is one of the things I hope to develop here at revspace as
well: soldering classes for kids and stuff like that. I'm not sure how
to go about this though, but i'm sure i can learn a lot from syn2cat
or Mitch Altman here!

Gr,

Koen

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> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 14:20, webmind <webmind at puscii.nl> wrote:
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> > Serendipity Seraph wrote:
> >> But what exactly is a minor?  I know some 7 year olds who can hack rings
> >> around me in certain domains and are at least as little accident prone.
> >>   Then I know some dear grown up geeks that I wouldn't want to see
> >> moving around much away from their domain of expertise without
> >> supervision.   :)   At the very least a lot of teenage hackers should
> >> not be a big issue.
> >
> > The idea that I'm getting that it's purely a legal issue. So a minor
> > would be anyone who has his own responsibility. I believe that for most
> > countries to be atleast 18 or up, in the Netherlands it would be 16 or
> > 18 I think.
> >
> > But as you point out, it doesn't say anything about the capabilities of
> > the person at hand.
> >
> > Personally I would care less about legal responsibility issues, atleast
> > in this country, and look more at the practical side if you can think
> > someone can handle the equipment you provide them access to.
> >
> > w.
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