- It is easy to use output of project as a building block towards building other things (both a product itself and a development platform Eric VonHippel: Things that are consumed are themselves made by the consumers. )
- It is a modular design (designed for interoperability)
- It is replicable, released under an open license, shareable online via a clone-able repository.
- Milestones are co-identified, tasks are mapped to milestones (there are engageble affordances for contributors: allow people to scratch and itch)
- Project consistently applies a local standard. (designed for interoperability)
- For the majority of participants, access to the same parts/suppliers or have a device that can create parts for you.
- Project is sufficiently visible in the network.
- There is a basic co-governance structure in the project. There is a social contract with the community (this can be covered by the license, but there should also be explicit rules and terms about expectations of contribution etc).
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