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<p><center><i>A compatibility table comparing the Creative Commons licenses. Note that some of the CC licenses above are not compatible with open-source hardware. BY = Attribution, ND = NoDerivs, NC = NonCommercial, SA = ShareAlike. Source: Adapted from <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" class="blue">Creative Commons</a>.</i></center></p> | <p><center><i>A compatibility table comparing the Creative Commons licenses. Note that some of the CC licenses above are not compatible with open-source hardware. BY = Attribution, ND = NoDerivs, NC = NonCommercial, SA = ShareAlike. Source: Adapted from <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" class="blue">Creative Commons</a>.</i></center></p> | ||
<p>The diagram below indicates the relationships between common OSH licenses, and their categorisation as Permissive/Copyleft. The arrows indicate compatibility in a directional sense. The names in the boxes represent common licenses, and the ‘+’ means ‘and all later versions’. David Wheeler created this graph in the context of OSS, but some of the licenses are applicable to hardware documentation, specifically the MIT and BSD-new licenses. For a clarification of some of the terms, see <a href="#glossary" class="blue">Glossary</a>.</p> | <p>The diagram below indicates the relationships between common OSH licenses, and their categorisation as Permissive/Copyleft. The arrows indicate compatibility in a directional sense. The names in the boxes represent common licenses, and the ‘+’ means ‘and all later versions’. David Wheeler created this graph in the context of OSS, but some of the licenses are applicable to hardware documentation, specifically the MIT and BSD-new licenses. For a clarification of some of the terms, see <a href="#glossary" class="blue">Glossary</a>.</p> | ||
− | <p>The <a href="#CERN" class="blue">CERN OHL</a> and <a href="#TAPR" class="blue">TAPR OHL</a> both stipulate that all documentation (including software) can be licensed under same license. However, alternatively strongly protective Copyleft licenses (see below) are compatible with both of the hardware-specific licenses when considering the code, firmware or software associated with electronic devices in the final product</p> | + | <p>The <a href="#CERN" class="blue">CERN OHL</a> and <a href="#TAPR" class="blue">TAPR OHL</a> both stipulate that all documentation (including software) can be licensed under same license. However, alternatively strongly protective Copyleft licenses (see below) are compatible with both of the hardware-specific licenses when considering the code, firmware or software associated with electronic devices in the final product.</p> |
<center><img src="//2015.igem.org/wiki/images/2/29/CamJIC-Practices-CompDiagram.png"></center> | <center><img src="//2015.igem.org/wiki/images/2/29/CamJIC-Practices-CompDiagram.png"></center> | ||
<p><center><i>A compatibility diagram indicating the relationship between common open-source licenses. Source: Adapted from <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html" class="blue">David A. Wheeler</a> under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.</i></center></p> | <p><center><i>A compatibility diagram indicating the relationship between common open-source licenses. Source: Adapted from <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html" class="blue">David A. Wheeler</a> under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.</i></center></p> | ||
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<p><b>GPL</b> – General Public License. The most widely used free software license, and the first Copyleft license released for general use.</p> | <p><b>GPL</b> – General Public License. The most widely used free software license, and the first Copyleft license released for general use.</p> | ||
<p><b>License</b> – A permit for an activity that would otherwise be illegal. This can include distributing, using or modifying another’s designs or products.</p> | <p><b>License</b> – A permit for an activity that would otherwise be illegal. This can include distributing, using or modifying another’s designs or products.</p> | ||
+ | <p><b>Licensee</b> – A person exercising their rights under the license.</p> | ||
<p><b>Network Protective</b> – A form of Copyleft license that has provisions for the use of software over a computer network. Code must be made available for people accessing the network.</p> | <p><b>Network Protective</b> – A form of Copyleft license that has provisions for the use of software over a computer network. Code must be made available for people accessing the network.</p> | ||
<p><b>Open-source</b> - Hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design (<a href="http://www.oshwa.org/" class="blue">OSHWA</a>).</p> | <p><b>Open-source</b> - Hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design (<a href="http://www.oshwa.org/" class="blue">OSHWA</a>).</p> |
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