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a podcast in English where we talk all things Free and Open Source
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Open hardware, what is what #25

Open hesa opened 1 year ago

hesa commented 1 year ago

At least I am (still) confused about things like openrisc, risc-v and serv and they compare to proprietary hardware. What does a license mean in this context and what relevance does the license, and indeed the hardware, have to normal folks. Is raspberrypi in any way open? What companies are involved?

nordominus commented 1 year ago

Hi,

I assume this topic would also include for example the acitivties of the The Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation C.i.C.. They have interesting section about OH licenses - e.g. "Solderpad License" designed for OH (see https://www.fossi-foundation.org/licensing)

And of course the Chips Alliance of the Linux Foundation or https://www.openhwgroup.org/