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Open-source hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia smoothieware.github.io Apr 15, 2016 7 facts
claimPerens LLC owns the website openhardware.org.
referenceThe article 'Hardware_Isn't_Generally_Copyrightable' is hosted on openhardware.org.
claimOpenhardware.org ceased activity and went offline in 2014.
accountBruce Perens reactivated the openhardware.org website in 2007.
claimIn 2012, Openhardware.org recommended the TAPR Open Hardware License, the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license, and the GPL 3.0 license for open-source hardware projects.
claimOpenhardware.org, led by Bruce Perens, promoted and identified practices that met the combined requirements of the Open Source Hardware Definition, the Open Source Definition, and the Four Freedoms of the Free Software Foundation.
referenceThe Open Hardware Certification Program was documented on openhardware.org in November 1998.
Brief History of Open Source Hardware Organizations and ... oshwa.org 3 facts
quoteBruce Perens stated in 2007: "Surprise! After a long dark period of being used to divert traffic to a bling vendor, OpenHardware.org is back in the control of its founder. The domain was created by me (Bruce Perens) to operate an Open Hardware certification program, while I was associated with SPI(1). At the time Linux was not yet commercially accepted, and thus there wasn’t tremendous demand for such a program. I think only Cyclades registered while I was connected with the program. I passed management of the program to Vincent Renardias to operate as part of SPI. I think Vincent may have allowed the domain to go inactive after that, or passed it to someone else who allowed that to happen. Somehow SPI managed to let the domain expire – I assume not deliberately, but SPI was asleep at the switch for long enough that the domain was on registrar hold for some time and then was allowed to expire. The domain was then picked up by some sort of search engine optimizer / domain squatter and used to provide ersatz traffic (that is traffic intending to get the previous site) to HipHopCapital.com, a bling vendor, for several years. I used a domain capture service, a little money, and several years of patience to pick up the domain again. It was transferred to the ownership of Perens LLC on September 2, 2007 (US-Pacific time)."
claimBruce Perens stated in 2007 that he intended to operate an Open Hardware certification program under the domain openhardware.org, managed by his not-for-profit organization techp.org, to fulfill his original goals for OpenHardware.
accountBruce Perens trademarked the term 'open hardware' and the domain openhardware.org, committing the domain to the Open Hardware Certification Program.