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One of the most fascinating aspects of open source is how its key ideas are being applied elsewhere. Obvious examples include open content -...

In a post last week, I wrote about the current obsession with “IP”, and noted some moves to make it more suitable for the digital age. In th...

I recently wrote about the latest iteration of the Open Source Hardware Definition, which provides a framework for crafting open hardware li...

Last week I wrote a piece about analogue copying. Specifically, it centred on the 3D scanning and copying of an Aston Martin – because that ...

I write a lot about copyright, and the right to share stuff. In particular, I think that for digital artefacts – text, music, video etc. - f...

The recent battle over the Digital Economy Bill has focussed renewed attention on the area of copying digital artefacts – music and films, f...

The Economist does one of its periodic "what's going on in that wacky world of open source" pieces, mercifully not as fundame...

And talking of fabbers, this is cool (and open source): Adrian (left) and Vik (right) with a parent RepRap machine, made on a conventional ...

I wrote about an open source fabber recently, and now here's another one, the RepRap : The difference with RepRap, which is the size of...