OpenHardware

What is OpenHardware?

Source: A vision of OpenHardware

The term OpenHardware refers to hardware, which is fully documented, with both specifications and documentation freely available, including the drivers and firmware required to make the hardware operational for its principle task. The source code of the drivers and the firmware as well as all items of the MIB should be directly available to the software developers.

The product with the drivers and firmware are type approved globally and the purchasers are indemnified from any Intellectual Property claims.

It must be possible to write free and open source drivers for this hardware without any restrictions or limitations.

Furthermore, the hardware design shall be available so that anyone can access, modify and/or reproduce any of the hardware components.

A licence is needed to protect "OpenHardware" from misuse.

OpenHardware Meeting

• OpenHardware Meeting - Paris Dec.13th 2007

(collocated with the IEEE HN1 Conference)

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