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WHY THE "OPEN SOURCE", BUT NOW FOR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT ?

As long as the Open Source movement tends to extend its borders beyond of the software or web applications, we consider to contribute in some ways to this progress of the 'open' concept.

This extension of the Open Source outside of the software domain may be seen into so called "open source of tangible objects".

But, as long as the Open Source movement 'moves' beyond its initial scope (of software application), and, as long as it was a successful on in all its subsequent parts, - we consider as necessary to  be used all its principles into development of tangible goods.

Therefore, the Open Source concerning the physical objects development must not limit only to the "open design" concept, - more exactly, only to the design process itself.

We rather consider that both the 'product standards', the 'technical product specification' as well the 'drafting of designs' may, or even must, be developed following the same models of the former open source (of software).

The scope of this forum is to bring together the points of view of designers, manufacturers, and end-users as well, - but in order to consider as start point the end-users opinion, - in a possible on-line development of documents which may apply to different technical products development.

May we think what difficult may it be in the context of a global market, - for a manufacturer, - to build products in order to sell them on a global market, but which follows different regional standards (as long in some domain does not exists nor an international standard but neither harmonized ones).

Often, the regional standards (developed by regional standards organizations) are not harmonized one to others, or as case may be, the harmonization process may take a longer time. Therefore, an 'open' developed document (let it say an 'open standard') may identify in its development process the common requirements of regional standards, and, settle a kind of harmonization document due to the open consensus of participants, as well those who agree to implement it.

In such of case, a product which is developed or build following these type of described 'open standard' may be sold on all the markets where the different regional standards apply. This 'open document' may be considered as working as a simultaneous aligned standard (but unilaterally) to the requirements of the regional standards (developed by regional standards organizations).

An Open Standard which may be developed in the proposed on-line process, may be further used into product manufacturing process in order to be sold on a global growing market, - resulting at the end of this process a so called 'de-facto standard'.

On other hand, the Open Source Software model may also apply to those part of a physical object design which is digital in form or which uses a digital form of dissemination, - e.g. the draft of a standard, in the process of 'open standards' development. So, the draft of a standard (in case if is a dimensional based standard draft) may be used as 'open source' product by anyone and in any scope.

In other way, all the principles of open source and open innovation, as well definition, may grow sense beyond the open source software movement.

As conclusion, the extension of Open Source Software movement may grow beyond all its former limits,- but not only one-side,- into developments of tangible objects ("open design"), but also in all subsequent parts of these movement (open standards, open source, open innovation, and so on).

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