A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
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Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#2right on - now take this to some DARPA PMs, convince them of the national security risk inherent in closed hardware that almost always comes from abroad and is for all sorts of military/infrastructure things. if they end up making a program, you'll have a fairly solid if not bureaucratic funding to bootstrap your puri.sm analog.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#3There are three variants and long PDFs, anyone has a summary of those?
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#4Now all we need is the open hardware itself. Private manufacturers simply don't have any incentive for this. It has to be state or non-profit funded, but those have problems with attracting and retaining talent, as well as the existing IP issues. Any open hardware will likely face IP lawsuits and WTO sanctions.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#5Very interesting I always used Creative commons for hardware, is CC in its variations not good enough for hardware? I have seen sparkfun designs with CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#6right on - now take this to some DARPA PMs, convince them of the national security risk inherent in closed hardware that almost always comes from abroad and is for all sorts of military/infrastructure things. if they end up making a program, you'll have a fairly solid if not bureaucratic funding to bootstrap your puri.sm analog.
I would pay money to watch some naive FOSS enthusiast trying to pitch to a DARPA PM about technology.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#7Very interesting I always used Creative commons for hardware, is CC in its variations not good enough for hardware? I have seen sparkfun designs with CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
CC is geared more toward content/documents. People can and do use it for hardware, but it's not a great fit. In the article they talk about some of the challenges like the building blocks of most electronic designs (i.e. chips, passives and other components) not being things that can realistically be covered in the license. And the fact that a lot of the more interesting 'hardware' actually needs to include both hardware and software (i.e. firmware). I'm sure patents are another area that are at least a bit different with open hardware since it's almost impossible to source a microprocessor, for example, that isn't covered by numerous patents.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#8I wonder if OpenPOWER will adopt one of these license.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#9Very interesting I always used Creative commons for hardware, is CC in its variations not good enough for hardware? I have seen sparkfun designs with CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
> I always used Creative commons for hardware, is CC in its variations not good enough for hardware?
It's a poor fit. The Creative Commons licenses are primarily designed to be applied to artistic works, like literature, photographs, or music. It's unclear how some parts of those licenses would apply to hardware designs or software programs; indeed, Creative Commons discourages the use of their licenses for software.
Re: A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
#10Hey this is great! I was going to use CC0 for some hardware but maybe I will use this instead.