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Open source hardware is fundamentally defined by the public availability of its hardware design, as established in [1] and [2]. Furthermore, [3] and [4] clarify that the core objective of these projects is to provide the necessary documentation and legal framework to share and replicate a specific hardware design.

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Open Source Hardware - The Turing Way book.the-turing-way.org The Turing Way 1 fact
claimTechnical documents for Open Source Hardware serve a purpose analogous to source code in software, providing the necessary information to study and replicate a hardware design.
What is open hardware? | Opensource.com opensource.com Opensource.com 1 fact
claimHardware designs and inventions are subject to copyright and patent law, which open source hardware projects use to make designs publicly accessible.
Open Source Hardware Basics - OSHWA Certification certification.oshwa.org Open Source Hardware Association 1 fact
claimOpen source hardware is defined as hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or the hardware itself.
Open Source Hardware Definition | OSHWA oshwa.org OSHWA 1 fact
claimOpen Source Hardware (OSHW) is defined as a physical object, such as a machine or device, whose design has been released to the public in such a way that anyone can make, modify, distribute, and use those things.