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'''For Hardware'''
'''For Hardware'''
2 license options:
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.  
*Go to [http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cernohl/wiki CERN Open Hardware License] and follow the instructions.
*Go to [http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cernohl/wiki CERN Open Hardware License] and follow the instructions.

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.