GNU General Public License (GPL) ↔ open source hardware

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The GNU General Public License (GPL) is utilized within open source hardware projects as a copyleft license [1], and its principles regarding documentation modification were directly adapted into the definition of open source hardware [2].

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Open Hardware Licenses - The Turing Way book.the-turing-way.org The Turing Way 1 fact

claimThe GNU General Public License (GPL), developed by Richard Stallman, is a popular copyleft license used for software within open source hardware projects.

Open Source Hardware Definition - P2P Foundation Wiki wiki.p2pfoundation.net P2P Foundation 1 fact

claimThe OSHW definition clause requiring documentation to be released "in the preferred form for which a hardware developer would modify the design" was borrowed directly from the General Public License (GPL).