What is the “Source” of Open Source Hardware?

Sep 5, 2017 1 min read 👏

Publishing date: 2017-09-05

Published on: Journal of Open Hardware

summary: Based on analysis of public documentation of 132 products, this paper provides an overview of how practitioners tend to interpret the concept of open source hardware. It specifically focuses on the recent evolution of the open source movement outside the domain of electronics and DIY to that of non-electronic and complex open source hardware products.

authors: Jérémy Bonvoisin, Robert Mies, Jean-François Boujut, Rainer Stark

link to paper: https://openhardware.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joh.7/

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