From eed253cab071bf3086ea41c5cb53f31fb7d2fc04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NawfalMotii79 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:34:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive This commit adds the CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive to the project, providing legal guidelines for hardware design dissemination and collaboration. --- Licence | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Licence diff --git a/Licence b/Licence new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53167e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Licence @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Permissive + +Preamble + +CERN has developed this licence to promote collaboration among +hardware designers and to provide a legal tool for the dissemination +of hardware designs. The CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 is +available in two variants: Weakly Reciprocal (CERN-OHL-W) and +Permissive (CERN-OHL-P). The CERN-OHL-P is for you if you want to +maximise the ability of people to use your hardware design +including for use in commercial applications with a minimum of +obligations. It is a continuation of the CERN Open Hardware Licence +version 1 (but with a new structure) and is focused more narrowly +on the design itself and what you must do to give proper credit and +to allow others to build and modify the design. + +Please see the CERN-OHL version 2 family page (www.ohwr.org/cernohl) +for more information. + +Terms and conditions + +1. Definitions + +In this Licence, the following terms have the following meanings: + +“Additive” means something you add to the Design that was not part +of it when it was first published by the Licensor. + +“Design” means the design documentation for the hardware that is +licensed under this Licence, in any format or medium. It may +include both the Hardware Description and the Modifications. + +“Documentation” means all the materials that are provided by the +Licensor or any Contributor to describe the Design, including +schematics, netlists, PCB layout files, bills of materials, +drawings, specifications, and the like, and also includes the +Modifications. + +“Hardware” means any physical device that embodies the Design or +any part thereof, in any form. + +“Hardware Description” means the files that specify the Hardware in +a form that can be read by a computer and that, when used +appropriately, can be used to fabricate Hardware, for example in +whole or in part. + +“Licence” means this licence (the CERN-OHL-P). + +“Licensor” means the person or entity that first publishes the +Design under the terms of this Licence. + +“Modification” means any change to the Design, including changes to +the Hardware Description. + +“Product” means either an unchanged Design or a Design with +Modifications, that is offered for sale, or otherwise made +available for commercial use, whether as Hardware or in other forms. + +“Source” means the format of the Design that is preferred for +making Modifications, including all the files that are provided for +that purpose. + +“You” means any person or entity that exercises any right under +this Licence. + +2. What this Licence covers + +The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, +perpetual licence to: + +a) use the Design and any associated Documentation, +b) make Modifications, +c) communicate the Design and any Documentation, including by + making it available for copying and modification, +d) manufacture and distribute Hardware that implements the Design + or any part thereof, +e) sell Products, and +f) otherwise deal in the Design or any part thereof, + +all in each case subject to the conditions set out in this Licence. + +3. Conditions + +3.1. Availability of Source + +The Design and any Documentation that is made available under this +Licence must be made available in Source format. If the Design is +available in a format that is not Source, you must also make a +version of the Design in Source format available, and you must +inform others of how to obtain it. + +3.2. Retention of copyright and other notices + +You must retain all copyright and other notices that appear in the +Design or Documentation. + +3.3. Notice of Modifications + +If you make Modifications, you must include a notice in any +Distribution of the Design or Documentation, stating that +Modifications have been made, by whom, and in what they consist. + +3.4. Distribution of Modifications + +If you distribute any Design or Documentation, whether unchanged or +with Modifications, you must distribute it under this Licence, and +you must inform the recipient that the Design or Documentation is +licensed under this Licence. + +3.5. No implicit approval + +The Licensor shall not be taken to have approved any Modifications +unless the Licessor expressly approves them in writing. + +4. Disclaimer of warranty + +THE DESIGN AND ANY DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE +LICENSOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, +NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE +DESIGN MAY CONTAIN DESIGN DEFECTS OR ERRORS THAT MAKE IT +UNSUITABLE FOR USE IN CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO +ITS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE REMAINS WITH YOU. + +5. Limitation of liability + +TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE LICENSOR +BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION +LOST PROFITS, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR ANY +OTHER LOSSES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE DESIGN OR ANY +DOCUMENTATION, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, +TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCTS LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, +EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. + +6. Termination + +This Licence is perpetual except that if you fail to comply with +its terms, your rights under this Licence will terminate immediately. +If you bring or defend any litigation or other claim alleging that +the Design or any part thereof infringes any intellectual property +right, all your rights under this Licence granted by the Licensor +will terminate forty-five days after you bring or defend such claim. + +7. General + +This Licence shall be governed by the laws of the country of the +Licensor, without reference to its conflict of laws provisions. +If any part of this Licence is held to be invalid or unenforceable, +the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +CERN-OHL-P is a variant of the CERN-OHL family. For more information +see www.ohwr.org/cernohl.