[cc-community] Open Hardware Licence
Ale Fernandez
skoria at gmail.com
Wed May 6 10:34:34 EDT 2009
Hi Stuart,
Should you not get help here, you could try various places: appropedia,
the open source hardware pages on wikipedia or various groups doing work
in the area - the hexayurt and reprap projects being two that have
probably got a lot of practical experience in putting together the right
license. Hope that helps!
Ale
Stuart Naylor wrote:
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> Getting straight to the point I have design for an energy
> saving lighting system which has possibilities of saving up to 80% of current incandescent
> systems.
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> The base layer combines master and slave network nodes and corresponding
> electronic designs and microprocessor firmware. It also runs on a streamlined
> bespoke communication protocol.
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> The design goal is to maximise functionality for the least cost and confirm to
> current installation and regulation practises.
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> That’s enough of the electronics gubage I am here to plead my case and show my
> ignorance to the validity of Open Source Hardware.
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> 1. Hopefully someone will tell me that I am wrong in my assumption that the
> real world doesn't lend itself to the ideology of open source hardware.
> Copyleft has problems with the norm of patent and even though there are a small
> amount of open source hardware projects their validity is still to be tested.
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> 2. As I say I am unsure of copyleft to specific hardware layouts, but
> references to the network architecture in terms of implementation and layout
> are more likely?
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> 3. Firmware of master and slave nodes; Software no problem.
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> 4. Network protocol again I am unsure of to what extent.
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> I having been working on the design for four years and wish to release a
> documented system on the web and have a huge headache in terms of licensing. I
> am quite prepared to open my IP with the goal of any usage providing reference
> to the original source. I am passionate about energy saving and also have a
> dislike to corporate IP but the main thing is that an open source collaborative
> effort could accelerate a common standard in a confused arena. Just to kick-start
> the idea is of importance and I would greatly appreciate any help.
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> Many Thanks
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> Stuart
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> StuartIanNaylor at HotMail.Com
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