> We've been putting together some robot-related software and hardware. We > want to release this with a DFSG-compliant license set. For the > software, GPL, no problems. For the hardware we propose to include .pcb > files for pcb, .sch files for gschem, and .asm files for the PIC > firmware. What licenses are appropriate for hardware releases?
After interesting discussion on and off debian-legal, I'm now down to a choice of one hardware license for everything except the firmware which will be GPL'd. The hardware license is probably the OHGPL <http://www.opencores.org/OIPC/OHGPL.html> with clause 2 modified to read You may copy, modify, distribute, and/or ... The outstanding problem (AFAICT) is the suggestion that hardware under the OHGPL might not be compatible with GPL-d hardware or software. I've cc'd this to the opencores people in case they have any thoughts; otherwise, does anyone *disagree* that this is DFGS-compliant? cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | technical person | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] front-of-tshirt space to let 251 Liverpool Road | London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487
