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Board Licensing OSHW vs CC BY-NC-SA License

Open Shadyman opened this issue 4 years ago • 0 comments

Thanks for designing such an amazing board.

(Similar: MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat Issue 5 but mostly copied here as it applies as well)

I noticed you have the board under CC-BY-NC-SA, which (while also my license of choice), means it can't be considered Open Source Hardware by OSHW Association standards, as the "Non-Commercial" clause isn't allowed in OSHW-logo products.

(I'm only mentioning it because I was considering designing-in part of your board into my project and wanted to know which i needed to apply. I'm more than fine with CC BY-NC-SA. I don't represent the OSHWA in any way, just making an observation as a fellow hardware designer.)

To keep it under CC-BY-NC-SA, you may want to remove the gear logo to be compliant with their rules.

For more information: https://www.oshwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Open-Source-Hardware-Checklist-1.pdf https://www.oshwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OSHW-May-and-Must.pdf

73 from VE3-land de Matthew

Shadyman avatar May 22 '20 15:05 Shadyman