CERN Open Hardware Licence
Myriam Ayass, legal adviser of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Group at CERN and author of the CERN OHL:
The CERN–OHL is to hardware what the free and open-source licences are to software. It defines the conditions under which a licensee will be able to use or modify the licensed material. It shares the same principles as free software or open-source software: anyone should be able to see the source – the design documentation in the case of hardware – study it, modify it and share it.
The CERN Open Hardware Licence was originally written for CERN designs hosted in the Open Hardware Repository. It can also be used by any designer wishing to share design information using a licence compliant with the OSHW definition criteria. If you would like to contribute to make it better, please subscribe to the Discourse forum and submit any issue you may have.
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31-01-2012: OHL being discussed on LWN.net
LWN.net is a reader-supported news site dedicated to producing the best coverage from within the Linux and free software development communities. In response to CERN’s Call for Comments LWN.net currently discusses improvements to the CERN OHL licence.
18-01-2012: Call for Comments on OHL v1.2
From: cernohl-request@ohwr.org [mailto:cernohl-request@ohwr.org] On Behalf Of Myriam Ayass Sent: 18 January 2012 11:15 To: cernohl@ohwr.org Subject: CERN OHL v.1.2 Hi, Thanks to all the feedback we have received on the CERN OHL v.
11-01-2012: CERN's Director General cites OHL
In his New Year’s presentation 2012 to all CERN’s personnel, CERN Director General Rolf Heuer devoted one slide on the CERN Open Hardware Licence. The slide reads: Implementing new IP schemes to bridge the gap between CERN and society