Hardware Source

[Ghost]

Well, the Kickstarter page contains links to http://pine64.com, where it says:

"Why PINE64?

PINE64 is an open source platform from both hardware to software. "

And that is quite explicitly saying that the hardware is open source, too.
I don't care if it's written "Open Source Hardware" or "open source platform from both hardware to software"!

The meaning is clear.

And it's even in the "Why PINE64?" section. So it's definitely one key argument to buy this particular board.

And no matter if I tell you a product is Open Source Hardware, or the hardware is open source, or an open source platform, it means that in some way people will be able to access the hardware sources! If not, the statement is wrong!

I think the statement has been mistranslated, in a similar way that the Pine64 website seems to indicate that Android is 'built-in':

(https://www.pine64.com/our-story)

"The PINE64 can be purchased with the latest Android software built in"

This doesn't mean that Android has been installed and stored on some eMMC chip or something, just that you can buy it with a pre-installed micro sd card with Android on it. But the wording is imprecise and clumsy. 

In the same way, I think what was meant by the statement "open source platform from both hardware and software" was that the user has some degree of control over the system via its two interfaces (pi-2 and euler bus) and has the choice of which operating system to use. Just that the wording is somewhat misleading. Better words than 'open source' might be 'user modifiable'. 

You could probably also argue that according to some definitions, the Pine is not a 'supercomputer'.