Description of Challenge
(Too) slow transition to sustainability, private property over appropriate technologyOpen source appropriate technology (OSAT) is a principle by which appropriate technology is developed without claiming private copyright over the ideas.
Solution
Open source appropriate technology (OSAT) refers to technologies that are designed in the same fashion as free and open-source software. These technologies must be ‘appropriate technology’ (AT) – meaning technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economical aspects of the community it is intended for. The OSAT principles ensures that people can freely use and build upon one another’s ideas without paying big royalties to small groups of people. This ensures a much fasted development of appropriate technology than under the copyright system.
