Academic Open Source
A term referring to a style of open source development where designs and IP enter the OSHWA-compliant open source - but where limited collaboration exists in the actual development process.
This flaw is structural. Academics cannot disclose information prior to publishing papers - as the the disclosed information would make the paper unoriginal in the review process. If information on a topic is found on the internet - that information no longer qualifies as original content.
This structural flaw in academic open source should be eliminated for universities to enter the field of collaborative development.
This makes development collaboration difficult with OSE - as most of the time related to a certain product is the extended development process.
OSE still benefit from the open design, but cannot contribute to it upstream. Downstream, the open design is still useful as prior art for further development.
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