Difference between revisions of "Team:Cambridge-JIC/Practices"
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<h2> CERN OHL </h2> | <h2> CERN OHL </h2> | ||
− | <p>The CERN OHL was developed to do for hardware what the General Public License (GPL) did for software, and is available for free download | + | <p>The CERN OHL was developed to do for hardware what the General Public License (GPL) did for software, and is available for free download*. In 2009, scientists in the community at CERN began to create the Open Hardware Repository: “a place on the web for electronics designers at experimental physics facilities to collaborate on open hardware designs, much in the philosophy of the free software movement” [1].</p> |
<p>The fundamental principals of the CERN OHL are: | <p>The fundamental principals of the CERN OHL are: | ||
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<li><p>The process of improvement uses collaboration between anyone in the community</p></li> | <li><p>The process of improvement uses collaboration between anyone in the community</p></li> | ||
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− | <p>CERN itself uses the license to release Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) that it develops back into the physics community. CERN recognised the potentially huge benefit of releasing hardware to the community, where it is effectively peer-reviewed and reconfigured to precisely match end-user requirements [ | + | <p>CERN itself uses the license to release Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) that it develops back into the physics community. CERN recognised the potentially huge benefit of releasing hardware to the community, where it is effectively peer-reviewed and reconfigured to precisely match end-user requirements [1].</p> |
− | <p>Notable new projects that have taken up the CERN OHL include Adafruit Industries and Citoyens Capteurs, which aims to develop a network of citizen air pollution sensors (amongst other OSH programs) [ | + | <p>Notable new projects that have taken up the CERN OHL include Adafruit Industries and Citoyens Capteurs, which aims to develop a network of citizen air pollution sensors (amongst other OSH programs) [2].</p> |
+ | <p style="font-size:80%">* See <a href="http://www.ohwr.org/documents/294" class="blue">OHWR webpage</a> for more information.<br>[1] Ayass, M. (2015). CERN Open Hardware Licence. <a href="http://-www.ohwr.org/projects/cernohl/wiki" class="blue">[online]</a> [Accessed 7 Sep. 2015].<br>[2] Wiki.citoyenscapteurs.net, (2015). Le Wiki des Citoyens Capteurs. <a href="http://wiki.citoyenscapteurs.net/doku.php" class="blue">[online]</a> [Accessed 12 Aug. 2015].</p> | ||
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