When evaluating or choosing a license for an open hardware project, researchers should consider the following questions: 1) Does the license clearly allow use, modification, and redistribution? 2) Is the license compatible with the researcher’s goals, such as wide adoption, community building, or commercial integration? 3) Does the project apply the license consistently to all parts of the work, including hardware design files, software/firmware, documentation, and branding? 4) Is attribution required, and are there clauses about how derivatives must be shared?

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  Lesson 3: licenses and open science hardware

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