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'''For Hardware'''
'''For Hardware'''
2 license options:
2 license options:
*Go to [http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/apply-oshw-definition/ Open Source Hardware] and put the logo on your hardware, hardware designs, schematics, etc and provide some kind of license file with it.  
*Go to [http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/apply-oshw-definition/ Open Source Hardware] and put the logo on your hardware, hardware designs, schematics, etc and provide some kind of license file with it.  
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*GPL - [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] Once under GPL derivatives must remain under GPL.
*GPL - [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] Once under GPL derivatives must remain under GPL.
*FreeBSD - [http://www.freebsd.org/] Once under FreeBSD, derivative licences can be changed.
*FreeBSD - [http://www.freebsd.org/] Once under FreeBSD, derivative licences can be changed.


'''For Music and Video'''
'''For Music and Video'''
*Creative Commons - [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.
*Creative Commons - [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.

Revision as of 09:10, 26 October 2011

Watch this video for a deeper understanding of the below licenses.

For Hardware 2 license options:


For Software

  • GPL - [1] Once under GPL derivatives must remain under GPL.
  • FreeBSD - [2] Once under FreeBSD, derivative licences can be changed.


For Music and Video

  • Creative Commons - [3] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.