Open Source Licenses

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.

• Go to 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 CERN Open Hardware License and follow the instructions.

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. Once in the Public Domain it cannot be copy righted.