<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bryan Bishop <<a href="mailto:kanzure@gmail.com" target="_blank">kanzure@gmail.com</a>></span> Sep 19 03:16PM -0500
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From: Bruce Perens <<a href="mailto:bruce@perens.com" target="_blank">bruce@perens.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:06 PM<br>
Subject: [OH Updates] TAPR meeting results<br>
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We had the TAPR meeting this weekend in Baltimore, after the Summit.<br>
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TAPR will deprecate the Non-Commercial License and will immediately apply<br>
the Open Hardware License to new work funded by TAPR.<br>
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We had previously used the Non-Commercial License to make sure we would<br>
recoup the investment in our first production run of the TAPR-funded<br>
<a href="http://openhpsdr.org/" target="_blank">http://openhpsdr.org/</a> boards. After that sold out, we applied the Open<br>
Hardware License. History in producing these boards shows that the NCL is<br>
not necessary to protect our revenue, and nobody ever turns the boards to<br>
add the OHL statement when it's time to do that. Boards after<br>
Hermes<<a href="http://openhpsdr.org/hermes.php" target="_blank">http://openhpsdr.org/hermes.php</a>>will include the OHL statement.<br>
Hermes will include the OHL statement in<br>
addendum, as the board has already been laid out.<br>
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We had a short discussion of whether we should remove some of the<br>
requirements in the TAPR Open Hardware License in order to get more parties<br>
to use the TAPR license. This was countered by concern among the leadership<br>
about the rather low standard for "open" in the Open Hardware community in<br>
general right now. They pointed out:<br>
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- Some of the things featured at the Summit don't meet the Open Hardware<br>
Definition.<br>
- Some companies that are thought to be leaders in Open Hardware<br>
predominantly make breakout boards for ICs, with little design investment in<br>
them.<br>
- A lot of things said to be open just have a PDF for the schematic, no<br>
modifiable design files, and no gerber files.<br>
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So, the feeling at TAPR is that we should work to raise the standard for<br>
"open" in the community.<br>
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We're going to invest some funds in promoting the high design investment<br>
projects which have to a great extent been overlooked.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Bruce<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">John Griessen <<a href="mailto:john@industromatic.com" target="_blank">john@industromatic.com</a>></span> Sep 19 05:19PM -0500
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On 09/19/2011 03:16 PM, Bryan Bishop forwarded:<br>
From: Bruce Perens <<a href="mailto:bruce@perens.com" target="_blank">bruce@perens.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:06 PM<br>
> investment in them.<br>
> * A lot of things said to be open just have a PDF for the schematic, no modifiable design files, and no gerber files.<br>
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> So, the feeling at TAPR is that we should work to raise the standard for "open" in the community.<br>
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I thought the same thing. It's good to hear this.<br>
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