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Hi Jeremy.<br>
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According to the state of licences available for openness applied to
things made with atoms (see FSF and OSHWA licences advices), I would
recommend to add to your "best practices", the followings:<br>
# publish the documentation *in a pedagogic form* (then, it will
be compliant with copyright law, even if some parts are patentable -
this, for French law is really one of key practice)<br>
# publish in a full compliance way (ID of the people, legal
ability to do it, ...), across one-of-the-best-you-can-find official
public publication way (or equivalent), the entire development
process all along the development process, including any reasoning,
drafts, ...<br>
# never forget that your publication might be claimed by some
else, and you should be really sure about what you publish: if the
thing you publish includes a functional part, then it might be
patentable by you or by some one else, in the past or in the future;
if the thing you publish does not include any functional patentable
part, then it will have *no effect* on manufacturings coming from
this thing you published, except if you are a professional and if
the downstream openness conditions are included into a contract you
have with an other professional part.<br>
<br>
In that ways, people might have better chance to publish things
correctly. <br>
<br>
Love and Peace,<br>
Freely,<br>
Antoine C.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 22/07/2016 09:31, Bonvoisin, Jeremy
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m a researcher at the Technical
University Berlin where we have a newly started
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://130.149.46.183/wiki/index.php/OPEN%21_Methods_and_tools_for_community-based_product_development"
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French-German research project on open source hardware</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to share with you a document
we made to summarize the best practices we observed through
the analysis of a large number of open source hardware
projects. The page is named “<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://130.149.46.183/wiki/index.php/A_guide_to_Open_Source_Hardware">a
guide to open source hardware</a>” and attempts giving
practical guidance regarding documentation of open source
hardware products, especially for mechanic products. This is
some sort of extension of the “<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.oshwa.org/sharing-best-practices/">Best
Practices of Open Source Hardware 1.0</a>” of the OSHWA.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would be glad to get your impressions,
feedback, critics or even propositions for further development
of this document.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am also open for merging this document
with existing initiatives, for example if there are
discussions about a second version of the “best practices” of
the OSHWA.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for your reactions!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jérémy Bonvoisin</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Dr. </span>
<span lang="DE">Jérémy Bonvoisin</span><span lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Ingénieur esiea – Research
engineer</span><span lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Institut für
Werkzeugmaschinen und Fabrikbetrieb - IWF</span><span
lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Fachgebiet Industrielle
Informationstechnik</span><span lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Technische Universität
Berlin</span><span lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Mail:
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href="mailto:jeremy.bonvoisin@tu-berlin.de"
target="_blank">jeremy.bonvoisin@tu-berlin.de</a></span><span
lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Tel.:
</span><span lang="DE"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%2B49%20%280%2930%2039006%20358" target="_blank"><span
lang="FR">+49 (0)30 39006 358</span></a></span><span
lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Raum: PTZ 563</span><span
lang="FR"></span></p>
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