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# [[TAPR Open Hardware License]]
# [[TAPR Open Hardware License]]
# Simputer GPL, 'SPGL'; the GPL modified for hardware [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/sgplv1.html]
# Simputer GPL, 'SPGL'; the GPL modified for hardware [http://opencollector.org/hardlicense/sgplv1.html]
# Balloon Licence, by the Balloon Project [http://balloonboard.org/licence.html] (essentially GPL, with a limited basic design to guarantee standardization)
# Hardware Design Public Licence [http://www.opencollector.org/hardlicense/hdpl.html] (again, aiming at GPL-style effects)


Other, not hardware-specific licenses used
Other, not hardware-specific licenses used
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# GPL, used, e.g., by OpenSparc by Sun [http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/02/8911.ars]
# GPL, used, e.g., by OpenSparc by Sun [http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/02/8911.ars]
# The MIT Licence, used, e.g., by the LART project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LART]
# The MIT Licence, used, e.g., by the LART project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LART]


=More Information=
=More Information=

Revision as of 10:50, 14 January 2011


Directory of specific Open Hardware Licenses used in concrete projects

  1. TAPR Open Hardware License
  2. Simputer GPL, 'SPGL'; the GPL modified for hardware [1]
  3. Balloon Licence, by the Balloon Project [2] (essentially GPL, with a limited basic design to guarantee standardization)
  4. Hardware Design Public Licence [3] (again, aiming at GPL-style effects)

Other, not hardware-specific licenses used

  1. GPL, used, e.g., by OpenSparc by Sun [4]
  2. The MIT Licence, used, e.g., by the LART project [5]

More Information

See our directory of Open Hardware projects at Product Hacking to identify such projects