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MordFIdel / SOCORAD32

ESP32 SOftware COntrolled RADio (SOCORAD32)
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Open Source License note missing #33

Open timmwille opened 2 months ago

timmwille commented 2 months ago

Thank you for this inspiring project.

On my research on possible open source modules for a new https://ASKotec.openculture.agency kit focussed all around radio signals and open source media transmission I found your project, while checking for a GPLv3 or other copyleft terms I figured there is no License not (or at least I did not find it on first look).

Despite the "Open Source" notes everywhere, this repository is essencially copyright protected without that License and not really open for collaboration. It might be on accident or on purpose (if the latter is true please call it source available not open), can you clarify on that?

Might be related to #4 though it looks quite more documented right now and I will dive deeper for feedback if the license part for collaboration is clarified 😃 thank you in advance!

MordFIdel commented 2 months ago

Hi,

Thanks for your input. This is an oversight please. I'm fairly new to copywriting issues and licenses. How can I make it a full open source and remove the copyright?

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Thank you for this inspiring project.

On my research on possible open source modules for a new https://ASKotec.openculture.agency kit focussed all around radio signals and open source media transmission I found your project, while checking for a GPLv3 or other copyleft terms I figured there is no License not (or at least I did not find it on first look).

Despite the "Open Source" notes everywhere, this repository is essencially copyright protected without that License and not really open for collaboration. It might be on accident or on purpose (if the latter is true please call it source available not open), can you clarify on that?

Might be related to #4 https://github.com/MordFIdel/SOCORAD32/issues/4 though it looks quite more documented right now and I will dive deeper for feedback if the license part for collaboration is clarified 😃 thank you in advance!

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timmwille commented 2 months ago

Hi, Thanks for your input. This is an oversight please. I'm fairly new to copywriting issues and licenses. How can I make it a full open source and remove the copyright?

Thx for the quick and positive minded response, I totslly understand. Simply add a LICENSE file (can also be a formatted .md file) I would probably choose GPLv3 or one of the CERN OHL 2.0 copyleft licenses in this OSH case. I've also seen permissive licenses like MIT or CC-BY in these cases, but these are quite weak in case you want to keep this a contibution bound project, but both directions work.

I think the best way for you to choose is via: https://choosealicense.com/

(GPLv3 and MIT are also easy to choose via GitHub LICENSE templates when you add the LICENSE file via Plattform/Browser).

I hope this helps!

joyel24 commented 2 months ago

@MordFIdel Take the more permissive you can !