Licensing the documentation and hardware makes it clear under what conditions the knowledge can be reused.
Open Source Hardware Booklet | OSEG e.V.
Open source hardware is an approach in which knowledge is shared openly. This enables individual and collaborative innovation on a scale we cannot even imagine today. As part of a project funded by the Postcode Lottery, a booklet has been produced that attempts to provide a low-threshold introduction to the topic of open source hardware […]
Open source hardware and intellectual “property”
There is always uncertainty as to what an open source licence protects. Here we want to give a brief overview of the different forms of intellectual property.
OpenEcoLab Mapping: The contact phase has begun! | OSEG e.V.
The summer is entering its final phase, and our OpenEcoLab Mapping is evolving! The next phase of our project has begun: a few days ago, we started reaching out to potential OpenEcoLabs across Germany to invite them to join the OpenEcoLab network. Background: OpenEcoLabs are locations that implement open-source developments in hardware, as well as […]
Adapting open source methods to products
How does open hardware improve our lives? What are progressive engineers currently working on?
BAC21: Energy and Open Hardware – Workshop in Brussels
Recently i attended the “BAC21: Energy and Open Hardware”-Workshop” in Brussels, from 11.11. until 13.11.2016. Here is my report about that.. Previous history: In the late summer of 2015 the innovationcamp POC21 happened during 5 weeks in the Chateau de Millemont nearby Paris, with the goal, to bring together 100 makers, designers and innovators for […]
We are starting to design a wind turbine
We outlined the first design aspects of the wind turbine project. The link points to the OSE wiki entry where you can read about the details. If you have any corrections or hints, or just want to participate in the development of the wind turbine, then please feel free to contact us! 🙂
OSE Community – People and Location
Open Source is great! To date people know about Open Source mostly from the software development. We want to go one step further into Open Source Hardware and the flourishing of an Open Source Society. For that we are searching for people who want to live out the open source idea in a community. For […]
Beta Berlin Mixer Event, 5.2
We will get different movements together in Betahaus, Berlin. Every movement will make a short presentation and after that there will be a short discussion. So far OSE Germany, Sourcefabric and MakerLab have confirmed. There are two more open slots for movements working as Start Up, Commons, Hacker Spaces, Social Business. OSE Germany would be […]
OSE Germany as a Network
The most important goal of Open Source Ecology is creating an open source economy. Economy in which people are creating, improving, open sourcing and sharing economically significant information, products, processes and ways of living. The time is ripe and we need to enable the participation of more people so that this common wealth be created […]
Creating OSE Community in Germany
Paradigms are shifting and new practical solutions are needed. This year we want to start an Open Source Ecology (OSE) community in Germany and we are looking for a Dedicated Team to make this happen. The people involved in the project will be sharing openly and for free economically significant information. We want to open […]
The CEB Press and Lifetrac Story – OSE International
The stories of the LifeTrac and the CEB Press. Enjoy! The LifeTrac Story from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo.
OSE Germany Status 10.09.2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3AUONpfz1A Mistakes, Association, OSEG Board It is long-time since our last report. We made few mistakes. Our major mistake and obstacle is that we are still very few people working on the active tasks. Our goals are too important and impossible to be carried out by just 4-5 people, most of whom are working only […]