This license agreement covers hardware designed, manufactured and distributed on an open basis. The license outlines the Terms and Conditions placed on the use of the design. When licensing Open Hardware it is important to note that there is a significant distinction between Open Hardware and Open Software particularly with respect to both the design process and the replication process. Firstly the design and replication of hardware is different because there are intermediate steps in the processes that are valuable in their own right. Secondly the process of replication can involve considerable time, cost and expertise. For these reasons it is not appropriate to simply transfer licenses that have validity in the software domain (such as the GPL) to the hardware domain. This license is intended to establish an Open Design approach in the hardware domain while building in practical safeguards, which are necessary for the design and manufacture of hardware, where manufacturers take a financial and legal risk when replicating Open Hardware and where the physical product must conform to approvals if its sale is to be legal. It is also important to protect designers from issues of liability particularly as many designers may be working as individuals and therefore not protected by an employer. The license is written to apply to any type of hardware produced using an Open Hardware design process. It has originated from the Balloon Project (balloonboard.org) but the license can be freely applied to any Open Hardware. In order to augment the text of the license it is accompanied by Notes and Appendices. The notes help to provide interpretation and guidance within the text of the license and the appendices contain more detailed discussions about the operation of the license and detail the types of Manufacturing Information and Design Documentation that might be provided as a part of any Open Hardware Design. The notes do not form part of the License but are intended to clarify the intention of the license. The Appendices are intended to provide uniformity to the way that hardware designs are released and managed when using this license. {Notes occur in the text of the License between curly brackets and in italics} Purpose The purpose of this license is to protect the designers of the hardware from any form of litigation resulting from its design, manufacture, distribution or use. Document Copyright © 2010 FLORENTINO PEREZ PREINT OF © 1985-2010-2011-2012-2013&2014 NeXT software inc. All Rights Reserved. 1 Document Date 08/18/2014 18:28:48
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