Posted by: Administrator
on February 09, 2007 12:09 AM
Again, firmware isn't covered by the OHL.
The OHL does not discriminate against persons, groups, or fields of endeavor, but there is a companion license (the TAPR Noncommercial Hardware License) that, as its name implies, does impose a limitation on commercial use. We developed that version because some of the TAPR consituents very much wanted it, but we are not encouraging its widespread use.
Regarding release of design info, the basic model is that if you don't reduce the design to actual hardware, you are not required to provide Gerbers or other manufacturing files. But if you do produce actual devices, then in theory you've already created those files, and are required to release all documentation "reasonably required to allow others to make the Products."
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Posted by: Administrator on February 09, 2007 12:09 AMThe OHL does not discriminate against persons, groups, or fields of endeavor, but there is a companion license (the TAPR Noncommercial Hardware License) that, as its name implies, does impose a limitation on commercial use. We developed that version because some of the TAPR consituents very much wanted it, but we are not encouraging its widespread use.
Regarding release of design info, the basic model is that if you don't reduce the design to actual hardware, you are not required to provide Gerbers or other manufacturing files. But if you do produce actual devices, then in theory you've already created those files, and are required to release all documentation "reasonably required to allow others to make the Products."
John Ackermann
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