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Towards a Functional Licence for Open Hardware

  • Katz A
International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (2012) 41-62
DOI: 10.5033/ifosslr.v4i1.69
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Abstract

Open hardware lags open source software in maturity. The two main licences assert a form of copyleft. This paper argues that copyleft's applicabilty to hardware is probelmatic, and concludes by proposing a simpler non-copyleft licence, based on Apache 2.0, for hardware.

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Katz, A. (2012). Towards a Functional Licence for Open Hardware. International Free and Open Source Software Law Review, 41–62. https://doi.org/10.5033/ifosslr.v4i1.69

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