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In particular, because making hardware invariably involves money, it's very difficult to make use of a hardware design without involving some commercial activity. For example, say a group of friends wanted to get together and order ten copies of a hardware design - something that's often much cheaper than each person ordering their own copy. If one person places the order and the others pay him back for their share, they'd probably be violating a non-commercial restriction. Or say someone wants to charge people to take a workshop in which they make and keep a copy of your hardware design - that's also commercial activity. In general, there are just very few ways for someone to use a hardware design without involving some sort of commercial activity. | In particular, because making hardware invariably involves money, it's very difficult to make use of a hardware design without involving some commercial activity. For example, say a group of friends wanted to get together and order ten copies of a hardware design - something that's often much cheaper than each person ordering their own copy. If one person places the order and the others pay him back for their share, they'd probably be violating a non-commercial restriction. Or say someone wants to charge people to take a workshop in which they make and keep a copy of your hardware design - that's also commercial activity. In general, there are just very few ways for someone to use a hardware design without involving some sort of commercial activity. | ||
=== Who makes open source hardware? === | |||
=== How to ensure that all modifications to my projects are put back into open source? === | === How to ensure that all modifications to my projects are put back into open source? === | ||
=== Links === | === Links === | ||
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0HOgcbtmws Dave Jones from the EEVblog explains some benefits of OSHW and how it works in this Youtube video] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0HOgcbtmws Dave Jones from the EEVblog explains some benefits of OSHW and how it works in this Youtube video] | ||