[Open Design] Quick update on the definition

Wed May 8 13:56:55 UTC 2013

Thanks for the explanation! Sounds reasonable to me.

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Massimo Menichinelli <
massimo.menichinelli at aalto.fi> wrote:

> Hi David,
> thank you for joining this discussion!
>
> The Open Hardware Definition has been an inspiration for us, but we
> decided to work on an Open Design Definition since Hardware cannot fully
> comprehend what Design covers. There are overlapping areas, but Hardware
> and Design are distinct, especially in people's minds. One of the ideas
> behind the definition is to draft it according to designers point of view.
> I've been even reusing some parts from the Open Hardware Definition, but
> modifying them to the Design context.
>
> The Open Design Definition will also cover immaterial artifacts like
> digital graphic design, interaction design, service design... The idea is
> that when the artifact needs software or hardware for working (like in
> Interaction Design for example), we ask them to be released according to
> the Open Source Definition and your Open Hardware Definition in order to be
> defined as Open Design.
>
> I've also started a discussion with Alicia Gibb and Catarina Mota to see
> how we can further collaborate between the two definitions, so any idea
> about this is welcome!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Massimo
>
>
>
>
> On 4/18/13 12:44 AM, David A. Mellis wrote:
>
>> BTW, do you have a sense of the major differences between this and the
>> open-source hardware definition (http://www.oshwa.org/**definition/<http://www.oshwa.org/definition/>)?
>> I
>> worked on that one and am curious how this compares.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Massimo Menichinelli
>> <massimo.menichinelli at aalto.fi <mailto:massimo.menichinelli@**aalto.fi<massimo.menichinelli at aalto.fi>
>> >>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>     I've finally had a quick time for working on the definition, there
>>     are couple of texts more and I've replied and closed many issues
>>     (and opened a new one, but that's a task for me for cleaning the
>>     text ;) ).
>>
>>     You can read the current (unfinished) version of the definition here:
>>     https://github.com/OpenDesign-**__WorkingGroup/Open-Design-__**
>> Definition/blob/master/open.__**design_definition/open.design.**
>> __definition.md<https://github.com/OpenDesign-__WorkingGroup/Open-Design-__Definition/blob/master/open.__design_definition/open.design.__definition.md>
>>
>>     <https://github.com/**OpenDesign-WorkingGroup/Open-**
>> Design-Definition/blob/master/**open.design_definition/open.**
>> design.definition.md<https://github.com/OpenDesign-WorkingGroup/Open-Design-Definition/blob/master/open.design_definition/open.design.definition.md>
>> >
>>
>>     You can see the open issues (and comment on them!) here:
>>     https://github.com/OpenDesign-**__WorkingGroup/Open-Design-__**
>> Definition/issues?state=open<https://github.com/OpenDesign-__WorkingGroup/Open-Design-__Definition/issues?state=open>
>>
>>     <https://github.com/**OpenDesign-WorkingGroup/Open-**
>> Design-Definition/issues?**state=open<https://github.com/OpenDesign-WorkingGroup/Open-Design-Definition/issues?state=open>
>> >
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>
>>     Massimo
>>
>>     --
>>
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