https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html says
Licenses for Designs for Physical Objects
(#Designs <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#Designs>)
Circuits are meant for practical use, so circuit designs should carry a
free license. We recommend releasing them under the GNU General Public
License, version 3 or later. Version 3 was designed for such use.
3D-printer plans for objects meant for practical use should also be
free. We recommend the GNU GPL or one of the Creative Commons licenses
that are free: CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or CC0.
3D-printer plans for decorative objects are artistic works; any of the
Creative Commons licenses is ok for them.
On 2017-10-04 20:03, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
Important note: I'm not a lawyer.
Trademarks aren't a problem, the problem comes from the trademark
*policy*. As an example, we have Mozilla's which limits or forbids
selling copies of the original software (the trademark policy given as
example might also have other problems that I'm unaware of).
Although I don't know what you mean by "releasing the trademark under
the GPL".
Perhaps there are lawyers that might be able to help. I don't know if
these have lawyers, but it's worth mentioning:
- Software Freedom Conservancy: <https://sfconservancy.org/>.
- Software Freedom Law Center: <https://www.softwarefreedom.org/>.
Also, the last one has an interesting guide that talks about trademarks:
<https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2017/ancillary-rights.html>.
Julian Daich <[email protected]> writes:
Hi,
I am working on a medical device and plan to release it under the GPL,
most probably the AGPL. I know that is possible to have the design the
design under the GPL, but for the physical object the situation is
more complex. I think about make a trademark that will cover the
decorative features and releasing the trademark under the GPL. Should
be possible? Have somebody try that?
Best,
Julian
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