Chinese Open Source

A non-proprietary consortium without a license (see No License) which does not generally document publically according to OSHWA standards. While blueprints are not published, they are shared within the consortium, and decent access is available. NDAs and patents are typically not involved.

From the standpoint of OSE Specifications, the decentralization aspect is weak in terms of China remaining the materials supplier and assembler. A more distributive route would be where materials production and assembly/manufacturing is distributed as well.

As such, this is getting closer to a distributive economics when co.pared to pure proprietary development. However, without true open source documentation and distributed production, this model is limited.

There is a huge opportunity, however. Due to the volatility and undefined boundaries in Chinese Open Source - there is ample room for entrepreneurial innovation closer to OSE Specifications.