BB, Thanks for a great post on our work. I'd like to clarify the economics involved in this open business model. Steve Bosserman, consultant, wrote a great article explaining commenting in particular about our CEB press:

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2008/02/09/giving_it_away_making_money.htm

P2P foundation claims that our work may be the most important social experiment in the world - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowskis-open-farm-the-most-important-social-experiment-in-the-world/2008/01/22

You can follow our developments on our blog:

http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/

We are looking for people interested in forming a serious open source product development effort. Let us know if this lines up with your interests.

Thanks,
Marcin
OSE, founder
joseph.dolittle on gmail.com