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'''For Hardware'''
'''For Hardware'''
Apply one of these licenses to the hardware and related documentation, instructions, CAD files, schematics, PCB's etc.
Apply one of these licenses to the hardware and related documentation, instructions, CAD files, schematics, PCB's etc.
*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.  

Revision as of 09:51, 26 October 2011

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


For Hardware

Apply one of these licenses to the hardware and related documentation, instructions, CAD files, schematics, PCB's etc.


For Software

  • GPL Once under GPL derivatives must remain under GPL.
  • FreeBSD Once under FreeBSD, derivative licences can be changed.


For Software, Music and Video

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


Public Domain

  • You can declared something into the Public Domain by providing a legal statement with it that states so.