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* P2P wiki page: [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Agroblogger_on_the_state_of_the_Open_Source_Appropriate_Technology_movement '''Agroblogger on the state of the Open Source Appropriate Technology movement''']
* P2P wiki page: [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Agroblogger_on_the_state_of_the_Open_Source_Appropriate_Technology_movement '''Agroblogger on the state of the Open Source Appropriate Technology movement''']
* [http://sustainablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/building-open-source-community-for.html Sustainablog: '''Building an Open-Source Community for Appropriate Technology'''], 11 Jan 2006. Responding to Agroblogger posts; mentions an open source design.
* [http://sustainablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/building-open-source-community-for.html Sustainablog: '''Building an Open-Source Community for Appropriate Technology'''], 11 Jan 2006. Responding to Agroblogger posts; mentions an open source design.
* [http://www.7gen.com/blog-entry/consumption/sustainablog-building-open-source-community-appropriate-technology/1002  Seven Generational Ruminations:  (response to sustainablog): Building an Open-Source Community for Appropriate Technology], David Herron, January 11, 2006
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/12/crossing-the-at-chasm/ Agroblogger: '''Crossing the AT Chasm'''] (responding to the Sustainablog post).
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/12/crossing-the-at-chasm/ Agroblogger: '''Crossing the AT Chasm'''] (responding to the Sustainablog post).
* [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004004.html Open Source, Development and Design], Jamais Cascio, January 17, 2006.
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/01/agroinnovations-launches-new-site/ Agroblogger: '''Agroinnovations Launches New Site'''] March 1st, 2006. "...the tools are fully in place for a beta-deployment of a pilot Open Source AT community. Have a look: [http://www.agroinnovations.com/ www.agroinnovations.com]."
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/01/agroinnovations-launches-new-site/ Agroblogger: '''Agroinnovations Launches New Site'''] March 1st, 2006. "...the tools are fully in place for a beta-deployment of a pilot Open Source AT community. Have a look: [http://www.agroinnovations.com/ www.agroinnovations.com]."
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/07/playing-devils-advocate/ Agroblogger: '''Playing Devil’s Advocate'''] March 7th, 2006. "Open Sourcing through the mechanism of online communities is not a viable strategy for anything outside of software...  A huge factor in the success of GNU/Linux, though not often noted as such, was the community's ability to use collaborative, web-based tools to their advantage. Naturally, software programmers would be able to use such tools, they created them!"
* [http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/07/playing-devils-advocate/ Agroblogger: '''Playing Devil’s Advocate'''] March 7th, 2006. "Open Sourcing through the mechanism of online communities is not a viable strategy for anything outside of software...  A huge factor in the success of GNU/Linux, though not often noted as such, was the community's ability to use collaborative, web-based tools to their advantage. Naturally, software programmers would be able to use such tools, they created them!"

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This page is part of an Akvo project on appropriate technology open collaborations.

This is a study on open collaborations for appropriate technology, initiated by Akvo.[1]

Appropriate technology wikis

  • Open Source Technologies - PESWiki. Though the focus on "free energy" might be misguided,[1], the pages linked here describing open source technology are to some degree applicable to more mainstream open design projects, especially OSAT. (Also, some pages link to what may be valid renewable energy designs, e.g. for Biodiesel.) See PESWiki writings, below.

Not quite "appropriate technology"

Wikis

Sustainable design, if not Appropriate technology:

Check:

Non-wiki

  • MIT Collabatorium - highly structured; in concept phase.
  • OAN - very visual and requires the use of tools to create/present the design: CAD...; starts from a single viewpoint - is there an equivalent of a stub?

talk of OSAT

  • STAR-TIDES - uncertain commitment to platform, but making some use of Appropedia.
  • ThinkCycle? Didn't take off.

Movements and networks

Individual initiatives in open source

While individual efforts do not constitute "collaboration", an individual "open-sourcing" their work is enabling collaboration. Open licenses and the widely known concept of "open source" have enabled individuals to contribute to open knowledge even without necessarily being aware of any OSAT network or movement.

At times there may not even be an understanding of open licensing - just an expectation that by putting the information out there, someone will use it.

Examples include.

Writings

(Work in progress - pardon the mess, and feel free to add to these lists.)

Directly related writings

A series of blog posts on OSAT have been written, in particular by (Frank Aragona?) of Agroblogger and Jeff McIntire-Strasburg of Sustainablog:

PESWiki writings

Although the emphasis is on unscientific "zero point energy" devices, some of the writings on the wiki do explore the idea of open appropriate technology:

Other writings

  • MIT Collabatorium
  • Agroblogger: The First Advocate of Open Source 23 Feb 2006. Adam Smith "was also critical of trade secrets, believing that they stifled competition, undermined free markets, and had the same inflationary effect on natural prices as monopolies. Adam Smith would have immediately recognized the equalizing value of the Free Software Movement, and would have applauded its philosophical underpinnings as very much in line with his own."

Concepts, memes

Notes on these efforts

  • Languages

Collations of open knowledge for international development

  • Moulin - Focused on Wikipedia content. (French based, Africa focused plus Persian language. Renaud Gaudin spent several months volunteering with Geekcorps Mali. They're working with the US Peace Corps, in discussion with UNESCO? Apparently approached OLPC in the past, so they're interested in cooperating.)
  • WikiAfrica
  • The Jhai PC and Communication System, a project of the Jhai Foundation, is a computer and communications system designed to meet the needs of villagers in remote and rural areas. (Some thought has been given to providing content on the machines; openness is an expressed value of Jhai.)
  • OLPC, through the XO laptop. (MOU with Appropedia being worked on now - Nov 2008)

Project output

Chriswaterguy is planning to blog and/or write on the wiki on these topics:

  • Structure and syntax in OSAT
  • What is appropriate technology exactly? What kinds of data, information, knowledge and wisdom are we sharing?
  • Usability
  • Dispersed efforts for OSAT - upsides, downsides;
  • how to having our cake and eat it

Notes

  1. ↑ "zero point" energy are not only unproven, but rejected by the scientific community as impossible.
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