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DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES: INVESTIGATING REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUPWARE

Part of: Design Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

R. Mies ,
J. Bonvoisin  and
R. Stark
R. Mies*
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
J. Bonvoisin
Affiliation:
University of Bath, United Kingdom
R. Stark
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
*
*robert.mies@tu-berlin.de

Abstract

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Open source hardware is hardware whose design is shared online so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell it. In spite of the increasing popularity of this alternative IP management approach, the field of OSH remains fragmented of diverse practices seeking for settlement. This challenges providers of groupware solutions to capture the specific needs of open source product development practitioners. This contribution therefore delivers a list of basic requirements and verifies them by comparing offered functions of existing groupware solutions.

Keywords

open innovationopen source designcollaborative designopen source hardwareopen source product development

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 997 - 1006
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