Open Source Software

Open source software refers to software whose source code is openly accessible. While OSS is already very widespread and has also significantly changed the IT industry, this development is still to come in the hardware sector. However, a corresponding trend is foreseeable (e.g. exponential growth in the number of new Fab Labs worldwide). In the price segment up to €2,000 of the 3D printer market, open-source hardware has already displaced proprietary competition.

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