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Open Hardware Licenses - P2P Foundation Wiki wiki.p2pfoundation.net P2P Foundation Jun 17, 2015 4 facts

perspectiveJonathan Kuniholm proposes two potential paths for establishing a robust legal basis for open hardware licenses: (1) maintaining a registered trademark combined with a community adhering to open hardware principles, or (2) creating an SKDB-type common file format for sharing physical designs to replicate the legal basis of open source software licenses.

accountThe Arduino project, which is open source, uses trademarks to restrict the use of the name 'Arduino' to the original team, requiring clones to clearly distinguish themselves from the original product through attribution and trademark compliance.

measurementFiling for a trademark can be done by an individual for approximately $275, which is significantly cheaper than filing for a patent.

claimIn the United States, it is only considered illegal to violate trademark, copyright, and patent law.

Open-source license - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 2 facts

claimTrademark restrictions can overlap with copyrights and affect material that is otherwise freely available.

claimOpen-source licenses do not freely offer the use of a trademark because giving up control of a trademark would result in the loss of that trademark.

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Open Source Hardware Licensing michaelweinberg.org Michael Weinberg Oct 6, 2017 2 facts

claimHardware branding is protected by trademark, and the open source hardware definition allows creators to choose not to license their trademarks to ensure the brand remains associated with the original creator.

claimWithholding blanket licenses on a trademark is a component of open source hardware practices because it allows others to build upon the hardware without implying that the original creator is responsible for the derivative works.

Brief History of Open Source Hardware Organizations and ... oshwa.org Open Source Hardware Association 1 fact

perspectiveBruce Perens justified his withdrawal from the Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition efforts by citing concerns that the selected logo could not be trademarked and that the new licenses could not be legally enforced.

Defining open hardware - LWN.net lwn.net LWN.net Oct 18, 2023 1 fact

claimArduino makes electronic schematics and design files for its boards available under the CC-BY-SA license, which permits the recreation of the boards but prohibits the use of the trademarked 'Arduino' name.

Open-source hardware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia smoothieware.github.io Smoothieware Apr 15, 2016 1 fact

claimArduino has registered its name as a trademark, which allows the company to distinguish its products by preventing other manufacturers from using the Arduino name on their designs.