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Am I not understanding FOSH (free and open source hardware)? I have always dreamed of open source hardware but it has always seemed unshakeably and fundamentally reliant on for instance massive open pit mines mining all over the world in finite dwindling supply wrecking local ecosystems every element necessary for computer components, factories able to produce at scale fueled by an enormous amount of energy from god knows where, massive pollution and waste every step of the way, and every other ill of extraction and production which seems like it can only be handled by large scale industry almost entirely capitalist for the foreseeable future. Am I missing something? Is it a pipe dream? Even if we find a way to get to a point where we can sustainably and ethically develop any new hardware we need, won't that require persisting in the mean time in the present capitalist paradigm physically? Is this just kind of a microcosm and reification of the problem of democratizing the economy anyway?

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[โ€“] alphakenny1@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Open source hardware movement != Free open source hardware movement.

I'm not sure that many are advocating the free part mainly the open part.

[โ€“] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The free part of FOSH means that the source is not copyright protected, so anyone, company and individuals, can use the source in order to manufacture stuff and selling without having to give a cut to the source creators. Well that is how I understand it.