Collaborations build from ground up
The open-source idea spreads from software code to arts, industrial
design, more
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| The Open Prosthetics Project (OpenProsthetics.org) is one of a growing
| number of efforts that use a collaborative model based largely on
| techniques made successful by software creators.
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| For decades, programmers around the globe have joined forces in
| grass-roots efforts to build, refine and improve computer programs.
| Known first as "free software" and later as "open-source," because the
| software's internal code is open to review and revision, the
| nonproprietary software stands in sharp contrast to products such as
| Microsoft's Windows, where the code is heavily protected.
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| Today, people also are using the open-source model to share their
| innovations in engineering, music, architecture and even consumer goods
| such as cola and beer. Their motivation generally isn't to make money
| from the projects, but to share their work and contribute building blocks
| for future creators.
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