[open_erv2]

As a community we need to do some thinking on how open source may sensibly be applied to hardware. Unfortunately Prusa, who used to be a real champion, has departed from the assumed True Path, and they have discussed their reasons, which are largely valid. That said their design at a more fundamental level has also departed from a maintainable, simple and elegant design.

The purpose of the source code is to enable maintenance, not cloning, I say that on the website. That is this context, there are many others. It improves the economics because the machine lasts longer and there is no planned obsolescence. People are welcome to make their own units from the source if they have the skill, but although it would be fun, I don't really have time to make it easy. Some day there may be a kit which is very economical but it will still take a whole day of work to assemble, probably.