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The open-source model is a decentralized development model that encourages open collaboration.

A main principle of open-source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public.

The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code.

The model is used for projects such as in open-source appropriate technologies, and open-source drug discovery.

Do it yourself (DIY) is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things without the direct aid of experts or professionals.

Academic research describes DIY as behaviors where "individuals engage raw and semi-raw materials and component parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment (e.g. landscaping)".

DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations previously categorized as marketplace motivations (economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization), and identity enhancement (craftsmanship, empowerment, community seeking, uniqueness).

Environmental health is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health.

Other terms referring to or concerning environmental health are environmental public health, and public health protection / environmental health protection.

Environmental health and environmental protection are very much related.

Environmental health is focused on the natural and built environments for the benefit of human health, whereas environmental protection is concerned with protecting the natural environment for the benefit of human health and the ecosystem.

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and) is the collection of techniques, skills, s and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.

Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings.

Commons-based peer production is a term coined by Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler.

It describes a new model of socioeconomic production in which large numbers of people work cooperatively (usually over the Internet).

Commons-based projects generally have less rigid hierarchical structures than those under more traditional business models.

Often—but not always—commons-based projects are designed without a need for financial compensation for contributors.