>Is Kalashnikova the first open source rifle in the world? Eh. Kinda. The USSR spread that thing around the world. The platform isn't as friendly to modulari

>Is Kalashnikova the first open source rifle in the world? Eh. Kinda. The USSR spread that thing around the world. The platform isn't as friendly to modularity as the AR platform is. The AR was also specifically designed to be manufactured at scale by Soviet industry circa 1947. This resulted in a lot of design aspects that favor systems that do the job without requiring precision over precision manufacturing. Look up "shovel AK" and read the thread if you want to see how little the AK design cares about precision. So yes, it's "open source" but it doesn't embrace the modular philosophy that most open source software does. The AR platform was not originally open source but the patents have long since expired so it basically is. That's the difference with physical things, if they don't change they can only stay closed source so long.