Open Manufacturing
Open Manufacturing is about bringing free and open source software
development methodology
and philosophy to the design and construction of the physical world.
The "open" in open manufacturing can be interpreted in
a few different ways:
- open source designs under free licenses
- open to do-it-yourself
- open to end-user dialogue
- open to peer-review
- open to collaboration
- open to cradle-to-cradle analysis
- open to viewing as an ecosystem of processes
- open to democratic participation
- open to new design ideas
- open to new economics
- open to the future
And perhaps even more.
These possibilities all flow out of "free and open
source licensing" of designs (or in other words, they are less
likely to happen with proprietary designs).
Open Manufacturing is now being discussed at: Google
Groups Open Manufacturing discussion
group.
(Picture credit: Bryan Bishop, GFDL license)