$ git clone hwy://car
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Local and international manufacturers, people, and companies collaborate in different ways on Open Source cars.
The Stallman insult and angry ranting about big bureaucracies are how you know the author is hardcore about innovation.
posted by Poldo at 2:59 PM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Poldo at 2:59 PM on September 15, 2015 [5 favorites]
And where does the NHTSA come into this?
posted by oceanjesse at 3:09 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by oceanjesse at 3:09 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
While it wasn't free or "open-source," the PCC Streetcar was a more-or-less modular and standardized design that ended up gaining widespread popularity around the world (notably on both sides of the iron curtain). Even though the design dates from the 1930s, many are still in use today.
posted by schmod at 3:19 PM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by schmod at 3:19 PM on September 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
What's happening in open source right now is that companies are using open source projects to cooperate on their low-value interchangeable development, while making money on high-value proprietary stuff. IBM and Red Hat share their work on the Linux kernel, Hortonworks and Cloudera share their work on Hadoop. Then they all put in their own high-value features and sell through their own channels.
This would be like GM and Ford deciding to cooperatively develop the boring parts of cars -- the suspension, the brakes, the airbags -- while keeping the fun interesting stuff like nav systems and engines to themselves. Which I think they already do to some extent, since many of the boring parts are standardized and interchangeable across a few brands. But the car will always have a GM or Ford nameplate on it and be sold by their respective dealerships.
posted by miyabo at 9:15 PM on September 15, 2015
This would be like GM and Ford deciding to cooperatively develop the boring parts of cars -- the suspension, the brakes, the airbags -- while keeping the fun interesting stuff like nav systems and engines to themselves. Which I think they already do to some extent, since many of the boring parts are standardized and interchangeable across a few brands. But the car will always have a GM or Ford nameplate on it and be sold by their respective dealerships.
posted by miyabo at 9:15 PM on September 15, 2015
>In the vein of open source, however, Capin said that it was important to the company that none of the community members live off their contribution to Local Motors.
Wut? Why not? What does living off contributions have to do with open source? Open source is just about licencing.
posted by vanar sena at 10:14 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Wut? Why not? What does living off contributions have to do with open source? Open source is just about licencing.
posted by vanar sena at 10:14 PM on September 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Is this something I would need a driving licence to understand?
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 8:02 AM on September 16, 2015
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 8:02 AM on September 16, 2015
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