Knowledge is a positive externality
Since knowledge creation is a cumulative effect, we can see knowledge creation as a positive externality. This is tightly coupled to the idea of knowledge spill-over, where the investments of one party in knowledge creation can have benefits for other parties.
In this context, we could argue that open hardware can be a vehicle to create such externalities (see: Externality in economics).
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