[Discuss] Open Hardware defintion and eagle files

Mike Dupont jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com
Fri Sep 14 14:29:37 UTC 2012


Yes, Phillip that is where we are going with our work in the balkans.
I just got a bad start and am getting hung up on license. I do plan on
documenting everything and sharing what I learned.
thanks for this initiative once again, I do feel that it is better
than what we had before.
mike

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:26 PM, phillip torrone <pt at oreilly.com> wrote:
> hey mike,
>
> if you really want to help:
> -write tutorials on using open tools for design (kicad, geda). post them on instructables, make projects or elsewhere. email links to sites like make, hack-a-day, etc.
> -make videos show how to use on using open source tools for design (kicad, geda) - post these on yotube, contact the many video-learning efforts out there like kahn, code academy, etc.
> -show how to convert/import the eagle xml for open tools.
> -run workshops that teach using these open tools, if you need any badges to award students to show and share their new skills, i can send you some out for free for kicad and geda.
>
> cheers,
> pt
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:12 AM, Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Well, for OSHW to be credible it needs to be clear.
>> How about a OSHW disclosure process, I felt misled and I am sure more
>> will be in the future.
>> lets make a range of licenses like CC has and make it clear what they mean.
>> you can call OSHW v1 the core license and then add in more "freedoms"
>> if you want to make it look like a feature and not a bug.
>
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Mike Dupont wrote:
>>>> I am willing to help with this process if there is interest , maybe
>>>> for the next version of the license.
>
>



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