OCTOBER 2020 - Open Source Hardware Weather Report 2020 - Clarissa Redwine and Michael Weinberg

The open source hardware community has developed a rich collection of organizations such as the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA), the Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH), and the Community Bio Summit. [...] The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA)’s history of open source hardware begins with the work of Bruce Perens in 1997, and includes development of the TAPR open source hardware license in 2007 and the OHANDA four freedoms mark in 2009. [...] The open nature of open source hardware means that the community has an incentive to improve the hardware and contribute those improvements back to the project. [...] hardware? Open Source Hardware Weather Report 2020 24 | Open Source Hardware Weather Report 2020 Is it Productive to View Open While this is a key benefit of open source hardware, the open source hardware approach also allows others to Hardware as More than a simply copy the original design. [...] OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE OPEN HARDWARE PROJECTS OPEN HARDWARE, MAKER, AND LOW-COST HARDWARE A Brief Background on Open Source Hardware Open Source Hardware as a Tool Open Source Hardware Has Real Benefits AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY SETTING A STANDARD COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK OF ADVOCATES Open Source Hardware Requires Real Investment MAINTAINING PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY.