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From Open Source Ecology's perspective, 2016 marks a turning point in the history of open source hardware development, when | From Open Source Ecology's perspective, 2016 marks a turning point in the history of open source hardware development, when open source 3-dimenstional computer-aided design (CAD) for mechanical design widely accessible. Specifically, [[FreeCAD v0.16]] has been released as a practical solution for 3D design, getting to a stable release that OSE still uses in 2022 (in addition to newer versions of FreeCAD). OSE has developed a [[Merge Workflow]] which relies on many people collaborating on [[Part Libraries]] generated in FreeCAD. | ||
The significance of open source 3D technical CAD becoming widely available is that large-scale, collaborative design became possible. | |||
Because of the importance of physical infrastructures for sustaining life (ie, hardware - and specifically open hardware), this turning point is comparable in importance to: | Because of the importance of physical infrastructures for sustaining life (ie, hardware - and specifically open hardware), this turning point is comparable in importance to: | ||
*2010 - invention of realtime, cloud, collaborative documents for text and graphics by Google | *2010 - invention of realtime, cloud, collaborative documents for text and graphics by Google. This marked a turning point in history where collaborative creative work became possible for the first time - for unlimited numbers of people working in realtime on the same documents. | ||
*~2000 - invention of the wiki. Specifically - Ward Cunningham, 1995. | *~2000 - invention of the wiki. Specifically - Ward Cunningham, 1995. This is the first time when an unlimited number of peopled were enabled to contribute to creative writing (for example, creation of an online encyclopedia - Wikipedia), though not entirely in realtime. | ||
*1991 - creation of Linux | *1991 - creation of Linux. The first time that collaborative tools were available for large-scale software collaboration ([[git]], mailing lists) | ||
*1234 - invention of the printing press in Korea [http://cs-exhibitions.uni-klu.ac.at/index.php?id=469#:~:text=The%20movable%20type%20metal%20printing,ahead%20of%20Gutenberg%20in%201450.] | *1234 - invention of the printing press in Korea [http://cs-exhibitions.uni-klu.ac.at/index.php?id=469#:~:text=The%20movable%20type%20metal%20printing,ahead%20of%20Gutenberg%20in%201450.] | ||
*3400 BC - invention of writing in Mesopotamia [https://www.languageonthemove.com/who-invented-writing/] | *3400 BC - invention of writing in Mesopotamia [https://www.languageonthemove.com/who-invented-writing/] | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 8 December 2021
From Open Source Ecology's perspective, 2016 marks a turning point in the history of open source hardware development, when open source 3-dimenstional computer-aided design (CAD) for mechanical design widely accessible. Specifically, FreeCAD v0.16 has been released as a practical solution for 3D design, getting to a stable release that OSE still uses in 2022 (in addition to newer versions of FreeCAD). OSE has developed a Merge Workflow which relies on many people collaborating on Part Libraries generated in FreeCAD.
The significance of open source 3D technical CAD becoming widely available is that large-scale, collaborative design became possible.
Because of the importance of physical infrastructures for sustaining life (ie, hardware - and specifically open hardware), this turning point is comparable in importance to:
- 2010 - invention of realtime, cloud, collaborative documents for text and graphics by Google. This marked a turning point in history where collaborative creative work became possible for the first time - for unlimited numbers of people working in realtime on the same documents.
- ~2000 - invention of the wiki. Specifically - Ward Cunningham, 1995. This is the first time when an unlimited number of peopled were enabled to contribute to creative writing (for example, creation of an online encyclopedia - Wikipedia), though not entirely in realtime.
- 1991 - creation of Linux. The first time that collaborative tools were available for large-scale software collaboration (git, mailing lists)
- 1234 - invention of the printing press in Korea [1]
- 3400 BC - invention of writing in Mesopotamia [2]