DE Blog Post
Main thoughts on de
1. Goal - OS 2. Increase it from -6. Our metric is >, not -6. 2. Quality/price/speed trio. 4. 2 issues on ppl - Ethically, we find it problematic. It's a modified nc. It gives a message that it is ok to be closed - if you pay up. OSE's position on open source is that it is a desirable philosophy, as it gives the 4 freedoms. Practically, it appears to be unenforceable due to its arbitrary distinction between 'good' and 'bad' use, and it appears to be designed for corruption, as discussed in more detail by Ralf schlatterbach. We still agree with the ppl licenses aim of creating the commons, but we think that an open source license is the best way to achieve this goal. The Ppl is not open source according to the official open source hardware association definition. In case any reader is questioning the validity of the OSHWA definition, allow me to point out that the OSHWA definition is based upon the open source software definition - a historical creation based on 4 freedoms. OSE' support of these 4 freedoms is non-negotiable: Open Source Ecology is open source as it's name suggests. You can read more about how OSE's financial sustainability and growth model relies on open source.
Essentially, our distributive enterprise model relies on products being open source - otherwise, we couldn't publish our enterprise model or teach people - unless we accepted licensing complications and overhead. Such competitive waste is not consistent with OSE's drive for radical efficiency.
Our drive for such radical efficiency says to the world: a world without bureaucracy IS possible. We encourage others to act on this radically simple stance. Open source allows us to practice this efficiency - and as the world becomes more efficient, we believe that it is simply a mattr of time before open source efficiency trumps the perceived advantage of monopoly capitalism.
So now on to the enterprise models that we are trying to develop. We are going to test them with the brick press - simply because the brick press is the most well-developed of our machines. This means design, build, and build optimization have been completed. We have demonstrated a proof of concept of radical build efficiency: we built it in a single day. We underscore this point because it is this short build time that allows us to run our production workshop model.
Why not test the Distributive E model with any other? No other one of our machines is the point of development as the Brookcress namely up to the fabrication optimization part. The tractor is about 90% it needs work.