- Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn CEO) told Le Figaro that he sees open-source hardware as “the next big technological turning point,” lending mainstream credibility to the movement.  
- CERN is actively drafting the next version of the CERN Open Hardware Licence (CERN-OHL) and is soliciting public feedback on its wiki (http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cernohl/wiki/CernOhlIdeas); they have committed to covering all legal-review costs.  
- A participant noted that U.S. federal works are automatically placed in the public domain and therefore “have no copyright at all,” a legal quirk that could complicate or even invalidate many existing open-source hardware licenses that rely on copyright assignment.  
- Discussion surfaced the lack of a centralized wiki devoted specifically to public-domain hardware designs, prompting a suggestion to answer the Quora question “Is there a wiki that focuses on public-domain designs?” with curated links.  
- Brief chatter about funding for CNC-machine parts hinted at ongoing grassroots hardware builds within the channel, though no concrete financing plan was detailed.