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== Licenses ==
The most commonly used open hardware licenses are the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151205072743/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons Licenses] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License] (GNU GPL). You must understand what your entitlements and responsibilities are, read and understand the terms of the licencing for any hardware, firmware and software that you re-use or adapt. Diffrerent licences may not be mixed together unless under one umbrella license.
=== Creative Commons ===
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=== GNU GPL ===
Any material that can be copyrighted can be licensed under the GPL.<ref>[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLHardware Can I use the GPL to license hardware?]</ref> The GNU people encourage people to charge as much as they wish or can, as an opportunity to raise funds for development.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UJlNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false Selling Free Software], ''Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman'' by Richard Stallman, p. 51</ref><ref>[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html Selling Free Software], gnu.org</ref>
=== OSHW ===
The Open Source Hardware (OSHW) license is specifically designed for open hardware.<ref>[http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW OSHW definition]</ref>
=== Others ===
* [http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cernohl/wiki CERN Open Hardware Licence]
* [https://www.tapr.org/ohl.html The TAPR Open Hardware License]
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== See also ==
* [[
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* ''The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary'' by Eric S. Raymond, O'Reilly Media, 2001, {{ISBN
== External links ==
* [http://www.ladyada.net/library/openhardware/license.html Open Hardware Licenses], ladyada.net
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160228023854/http://www.inmojo.com/licenses/ OSHW License Guide], InMojo
* [http://www.oshwa.org/ Open Source Hardware Association]
* [https://
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open source] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware Open-source hardware], Wikipedia
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