[okfn-discuss] [ohf-licenses] [open-hw] Classification of openhardware

Wed May 21 15:07:21 UTC 2008

There are copyright-like (but not copyright) laws that apply to HW
designs in the US. Might look at the GPL v3 for appropriate language
that covers these laws;  the explicit v3 language is ""Copyright" also
means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of works, such as
semiconductor masks."

Luis

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Greg London wrote:
>> If there were a definition for Open Hardware,
>> it would be something like:
>>
>> A design, usually in the form of some copyrightable work,
>> which describes a physical object in sufficient detail that
>> the device can be constructed from the design.
>
> Do people generally agree that a brief statement like this (for
> 'hardware') coupled with the Open Knowledge Definition (for 'open', see
> opendefinition.org) could constitute a definition for open hardware?
>
> Is there any other angle we'd like to cover?
>
> Jonathan
>
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