Opulo
Unfortunately, Opulo does not appear to be open source according to the OSHWA definition. FUCK! It is open source in form only (CERN license), but they hide some secret sauce in fact.
STLs are not source, and without parametric CAD, the design is not fully open by OSHWA standards.
You can see my extended lament on this in https://chatgpt.com/share/6961992d-b5cc-8010-b9a5-7f226432c208.
I was looking for a FreeCAD file of the full machine. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist. Only STLs of printed parts.
Nathan, is there any way you can help on this?
I was getting excited about building, but if they don't support innovation outside their team, I have less motivation. To make it truly accessible and thus shorten the time to the open source economy. If we do not do that, the Singularity might come first and we're all fucked as evil takes accelerates faster than good.
I could buy it, $2k is actually great, but I do not want to even touch anything that is just 'strategic open source'.
Anyway, any insights? If I wanted a true open source PNP, what would you do if you were me? Any other options that you can recommend? I was really hoping this would be a first case of something of high importance that we can replicate completely. Because then we can create curriculum around that easily, and now it looks like there are some barriers to entry.