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[schutton]

So glad you’re here @MarSch , and thank you for sharing your thoughts on open licensing and craftsmanship

Craftmanship Know-How

Hi there, I’m a carpenter and computer scientist at the same time, working for > 20 years in Open Source. I currently see that much of the knowledge in craft trades - which I consider a central part of cultural heritage - will vanish over the next 2 generations. What I head for is a suitable way of explicitely “licensing” know-how and making it public as open, just like the BSD 2 clause licence, to prevent unfriendly protagonists from monopolizing formerly openly communicated craft techniques. …