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[Review][LEG] Legal requirements, Information on the used license(s) for design, hardware, software and documentation

An open source hardware project needs the correct licenses for each parts of the documentation. Different licenses can be used for design, hardware, software and documentation. The licenses need to be at least OSHWA compliant: https://www.oshwa.org/definition/.

Checklist:

  • Compliant license for design, hardware, software, documentation With an OSHWA certification this verification can be considered as obsolete.

Also, from best practice perspective, a license file should be provided for every part of the project, so the license text is available offline with the project files.

Edited by Daniel Mohns