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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 word open can be interpreted in 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.

Source: Fabbaloo

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