[Discuss] OSHW logo

Matt Maier blueback09 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 10 13:42:41 UTC 2013


I think as long as your work adheres to The Definition you're good to go.
http://www.oshwa.org/definition/ But, in practice, I think as long as
you're not actively working against The Definition nobody's going to have a
problem with you using the logo. I can't speak for the OSHWA, but it seems
like they don't put a lot of effort into policing a fine line between who
gets to use the logo and who doesn't.
-Matt


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Marc-Olivier Schwartz <
marcolivier.schwartz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> I totally agree with what you wrote, I never said that the Raspberry Pi
> could be qualified as OSHW. I just wanted to point out that it is more
> "open" than the graphic card in your computer for example.
>
> By the way, if somebody has some insights about my original question for
> the logo of my business, I am still interested :)
>
> Marco Schwartz
>
> On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Andrew Back <andrew at carrierdetect.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Marco,
> >
> > On 10 June 2013 11:02, Marc-Olivier Schwartz
> > <marcolivier.schwartz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Javier,
> >>
> >> Thanks ! Indeed it is true that the Raspberry Pi is not truly
> open-source
> >> hardware according to the definition, but I include it on my website on
> the
> >> same level as the Arduino for two reasons :
> >
> > To the best of my knowledge it's not open source hardware at all.
> >
> > I'm a huge advocate of the Raspberry Pi, I personally don't mind that
> > it isn't OSHW, and since you can seemingly only purchase the SoC in
> > high volumes (not uncommon for such silicon) the design files are
> > probably not that useful in practice (given the level of SoC
> > integration the PCB is almost akin to a breakout board). However, this
> > doesn't change the fact that it is not OSHW.
> >
> >> - On my website the focus is really on the circuits I built for home
> >> automation (like how to control a relay) and that are connected to the
> >> Raspberry Pi or the Arduino, and these are 100 % open-source hardware
> as I
> >> share everything with the community. I also include your personal
> computer
> >> in a lot of tutorials, and they are far from being open-source :)
> >>
> >> - The second point might be interesting for your round table : the
> Raspberry
> >> Pi itself is getting more and more "open". For example, you can find the
> >> complete schematics here:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Raspberry-Pi-Schematics-R1.0.pdf
> >
> > No licence has been applied and at best you'd have to regard these as
> > for "informational use" only.
> >
> >> Recently the video drivers were also made open-source.
> >
> > Partial or full silicon datasheets and open source drivers etc. do not
> > make a computer using said silicon OSHW.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Back
> > http://carrierdetect.com
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