Lets say this GVCS thing actually works. That strongly implies there will be people all over the world quickly advancing the designs for the machines in addition to adding entirely new designs. It would be nice if there was a method for managing that. Or, if not actively managing it, at least culling all the products for which ones will be incorporated into the official GVCS. I forsee not only an increase in the number of machines, but a variety of each machine, optimized for a particular set of constraints.

Maybe we OSE could administer a sort of "white pages" for open source designs. Anything and everything that seems to be a distinct design gets added automatically or manually. Then, anyone who "owns" that design can clarify it, maintain it and update it with more information. It could be a centralized clearinghouse of GVCS derivatives. When people want to know if there's an open source version of a machine they can just search for it like they would for a business and any existing information will turn up. Anyone who's used that particular design can "rate" it and over time the good stuff will rise permanently to the top.