<h1>Government-backed award for low-cost open-source low-smoke cookstove raises IP, verification, procurement and safety compliance questions</h1> A state-organized festival awarded a young innovator for a low-smoke cookstove, recognizing its claimed reductions in indoor smoke, firewood use and CO2 emissions and its potential public-health and environmental benefits; the device is described as low-cost, locally manufactured and intended for open-source dissemination to scale adoption. The announcement is a press release from government organizers and includes an explicit agency disclaimer of editorial responsibility. Legal issues implicated include verification of performance claims, intellectual property and open-source licensing considerations, procurement or subsidy eligibility under state programs, and regulatory compliance for safety and emissions if deployed at scale.