> Are there examples of this that are electronics? Or software? Maybe there's a way to combine this idea with open source thinking or maybe more better said: hacker culture.

One issue with electronics is that popular instruction sets targeted by software, like x86, are proprietary, so even if you knew how to build your own (modern) x86 processor (and had the equipment), you couldn’t do so without a license or by breaking patent law.

RISC-V is trying to fix this.

> do you know any stories that embody this concept?

Unfortunately not, I just stumbled across this website

Are there examples of this that are electronics? Or software? Maybe there's a way to combine this idea with open source thinking or maybe more better said: hacker culture.

For instance, it would be so cool if we lived in a world where building a phone from a bunch of plug 'n play parts was easy and a wide range of mobile operating systems existed.

Also: do you know any stories that embody this concept?

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Are there examples of this that are electronics? Or software? Maybe there's a way to combine this idea with open source thinking or maybe more better said: hacker culture. 

For instance, it would be so cool if we lived in a world where building a phone from a bunch of plug 'n play parts was easy and a wide range of mobile operating systems existed. 

Also: do you know any stories that embody this concept?