Re: [ts-7000] Re: new GNU openhardware ep9302 based SBC

["Don W. Carr" <>]

Great to see people thinking about open source and all of the
alternatives. If you have the right license and get the right people
interested at the right time, projects can take off and be very
successfull. Examples are Linux (kernel), GNU, MySQL, JBoss, Berkeley
DB (SleepCat), etc. Impossible to know in advance what will work best
for every situation, we are still learning. For some projects, they do
not necessarily make the project leader extremely wealthy. Take Linus
Torvalds for instance, with a project that has probably helped more
people than any other, but the people that started JBoss and MySQL have
a lot more money. Not that Linus will ever need to worry where his next
meal is comming from though!!!! I look forward to seeing some grass
roots open source hardware projects take off.

On 5/6/06, pickanameanditstakensoihavethis <> wrote:

looking at the following to allow for a better solution for the geep 
licencing 
still just sorting out the fine points spelling and full stops etc 
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licence notes
commertial use licence

the geep project is  hardware , software , ip cores and
documentation
the  GNU GPL  relates to any software / ip core supplyed with the
project
and documentation for them

the hardware/ schematics/ pcb artwork and hardware documentation is
GNU GPL but also the following BSD licence can apply for commertial
use if the following conditions are met

if the hardware is sold as a genaral purpous device then the GNU GPL
applies
but a charge for hardware is permitted as well as profit

if the hardware is used as an embedded device for a spesific
aplication
and modification of the schematics and pcb are reqiuired for this 
then the hardware / schematic  and pcb is avalable for use under the
BSD
licence  but the unit must not be marketed for use other than that
aplication
or set of associated aplications  and must not fall into the
catogory of
beeing a " genaral purpous"  single board computer
and must not be marketed as such and the name geep may not be used
to describe the
product , but  credit must be given to the geep project

--------------------------------- 
it keeps the main geep project active and open to development 
while offering  totaly embedded modified use  should be good for all 

--- In "Don W. Carr" <> wrote:
>
> >

> > >> As a company I can tell you that if I want to put this board
into a
> > >> product and it is licensed under the GPL I have to do weigh
the
> > >> following. How much will it cost me to defend the licensing
of my
> > >> product
> > >
> > > Why would you have to?
> > Simple, someone says I want you to open source all of your code
> > because you have used a GPL'd product.
> > They take the company to court, I have to defend myself
regardless.
> >
> > You can get frivolous lawsuits no matter what license you
choose,
> > proprietary, BSD, GPL, MIT, you name it. There are really very
few lawsuits
> > involving GPL. Typically, the person is notified that they used
GPL code and
> > are not in compliance, and they apologize and do what is
necessary to be
> > compliant. End of story.
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. Don W. Carr
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> Guadalajara, Mexico
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> +52-333-836-4500 ext 2930
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