Local Motors
Intro
This is a business model worth replicating, and is part of the type of business models endorsed by Factor e Farm
The designs of Local Motors Are under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License in order for OSE to built on their designs and adjust them to the GVSC Local Motors has either to change the license of their design to CC-SA or provide (under agreement) a waiver for OSE to built in a more "Freely" license
Question: Is Local Motors interested in an Open Business Model for post-scarcity economics?
Open Source car production experience: http://www.local-motors.com/
See Wired article - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution
Perspective from OpenSourceCitizen:
To clarify, even many OSHW experts are not aware that it is ILLEGAL for a DIY person to build anything that infringes on any part of patent/IP, even if its just for their own use or just as an artistic/creative expression in the privacy of their own home. The Rally-Fighter licensing was revolutionary in the car industry because it permitted DIY replication. This, plus it being designed in their online community platform(~60,000 members), merited it to be considered open-source despite the 'Noncommercial-No Derivative Works issue.
However: There is a youtube video where Jay Rodgers(CEO) explains that the Rally-Fighter, their first and thus far only production car, uses this license but that all future products and designs would be under a completely open license.
I spent a week at Local Motors in 2012 between SEMA and FABTECH to gauge their interest in an the open source truck and meet interested local collaborators. Local Motors is incredibly generous in the use of their shop for what is essentially a hackerspace for cars. Their community, employees and business model however are mostly very NOT interested in utilitarian design and "minimal viable products" such as the first versions of trucktor will be. They thrive and depend on more aesthetically oriented designs, in other words they are not interested in being farmers nor GVCS implications.
Thus it would be much more strategic and friendly to work with them on the OS Car first instead of the truck. Automotive Engineering Expertise is much more critical for car design then truck(Roadworthy, MPG, Precise Steering/Braking/Handling, Safety) The Rally Fighter uses drop on body shells such as wikispeed. They are equipped to design, source and handle these.
But when the time comes, I have spent a good deal of time prepping the Local Motors community for when trucktor progresses to the revision state that they would be interested in hosting it.
Discussions with CEO in Korea at the Seoul Digital Forum
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Jpysxw3Ty8T3WM4kIYZTCTDP82ISkWh