Towards a Functional Licence for Open Hardware

作者

  • Andrew Katz Partner, Moorcrofts LLP

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摘要

Open hardware lags open source software in maturity. The two main licences assert a form of copyleft. This paper argues that copyleft's applicabilty to hardware is probelmatic, and concludes by proposing a simpler non-copyleft licence, based on Apache 2.0, for hardware.

作者簡介

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    Andrew Katz studied Natural Sciences and Law at Cambridge University where he graduated with honours in 1989. In 1991 he was called to the Bar, and in 1993 requalified as a solicitor. He moonlighted as a programmer during his studies at Bar School, programming in Turbo Pascal. In 1991 he became an accredited NeXT developer. He has released software under the GPL. He is currently a partner at Moorcrofts LLP, a boutique law firm in England's Thames Valley and advises a wide range of businesses on free and open source related issues. He has lectured and published widely on the subject.

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出版日期

2012-05-31

期號

卷 4 期 1 (2012)

分類

Articles

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Towards a Functional Licence for Open Hardware. (2012). Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society, 4(1), 41-62. https://www.jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/69