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"The problem is going to be societies that interfere with them or don’t want them."

That's good attention to likely causes and effects with some obvious experience behind it. I said "rackets," you know, because of the particular groups that would try to oppose the effort (among many similar efforts). Well, those folks should prepare to find more useful work to do.

We can get that stamp for plans in each state, though, and inspectors can only stretch their excuses for denying on some of the gooshier code points. Designs including lower cost materials are being engineered for the various states (more efficient to engineer a design only once and improve from there). For foundations, there will be several alternatives for conditions in various jurisdictions.

Not only that, but there have already been many defectors. I know one state code official and ICC egghead, who moved to a free county (no building office). He likes feeling cleaner. ;-) Many others have already been laid off and are seeing the light. There are also gobs of engineers interested in helping with projects for various kinds of products. They're willing to work with their hands and help to bring in a new world.

Remember the SCO front against Linux and how that came out? That was nada compared to what's ahead.