Who will compile my open source UPS?
The whole project idea has merit but sounds somewhat strange to me.
An UPS is approximately 80% hardware, 20% software, so how can you open-source it? Give out the circuitry schemas and let people etch their own circuit boards? It would be way beyond the skills of most "consumer/SOHO users" (YMMV, note the "most").
And what about the batteries, which are a rather important part of the whole thing? What's available in one country might be difficult (or very expensive) to obtain in another, especially since there are shipping restrictions concerning batteries. Whatever those people chose might be optimal, but chances are it won't be easy to buy for "consumer/SOHO users" in other countries/continents.
(As for those who aren't just "consumer/SOHO users" and can spend as much as it takes, there are already off the shelf solutions out there doing everything required.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
