Re: Open Source Hardware
- From: "Paul E. Bennett" <peb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:49:28 +0000
Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
I am about to start a new project, and I have decided to make
the hardware design as well as the software and documentation
Open Source. The GPL doesn't seem to have a license that will
work well with a hardware design. Does anyone know of a
license that would be appropriate?
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/>
The design, schematic, specification and bill of materials will be
copyrighted but the hardware itself can only be protected by patent. You
should probably incorporate a disclaimer re the legislative and safety
factors involved so that you don't end up getting sued if someone builds it
and gets hurt (too many factors you cannot control) and state that any copy
of the schematic should carry such disclaimers through-out. Otherwise, the
advice of the others would seem reasonable.
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