Four Freedoms of Open Hardware
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Description
The Open Hardware and Design Alliance has rewritten the four freedoms of free software as follows to match them to hardware resp. hardware documentation:
- Freedom 1: The freedom to use the device for any purpose.
- Freedom 2: The freedom to study how the device works and change it to make it to do what you wish. Access to the complete design is precondition to this.
- Freedom 3: Redistribute the device and/or design (remanufacture).
- Freedom 4: The freedom to improve the device and/or design, and release ...
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Hardware_and_Design_Alliance)