sistawendy | The sex toy is now open source.

I had Juneteenth off. I didn't find that out until after my alarm went off this morning and I added my employer's holiday calendar on my phone. I salvaged the morning, however, by going right back to sleep.

And how did I spend this unexpected day off? By committing ritual commercial suicide: I have told my IP lawyers to forget it and published my sex toy design at github.com/sistawendy/sextoy as open hardware. Sure, anybody can use that design to make those toys and sell them, but they can't try to prevent anyone else from doing so. I included instructions on how to get the things made.

Why did I do this?

I'm really convinced that there isn't a market for them. Even my most enthusiastic market research subject isn't as enthusiastic as I am. Remember, that's a fairly freaky self-selected group I'm talking about.
Even if I thought there were a market, do I really want the hassle and expense? Not really. I just wanted a toy that works, and I want other people to have one too, preferably at a price we can all afford.