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diff --git a/hardware/license.txt b/hardware/license.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 71b5211..0000000 --- a/hardware/license.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,268 +0,0 @@ -The EsPiFF hardware parts are all under the TAPR Open Hardware License: - -The TAPR Open Hardware License -Version 1.0 (May 25, 2007) -Copyright 2007 TAPR - http://www.tapr.org/OHL - -PREAMBLE - -Open Hardware is a thing - a physical artifact, either electrical or -mechanical - whose design information is available to, and usable by, -the public in a way that allows anyone to make, modify, distribute, and -use that thing. In this preface, design information is called -"documentation" and things created from it are called "products." - -The TAPR Open Hardware License ("OHL") agreement provides a legal -framework for Open Hardware projects. It may be used for any kind of -product, be it a hammer or a computer motherboard, and is TAPR's -contribution to the community; anyone may use the OHL for their Open -Hardware project. - -Like the GNU General Public License, the OHL is designed to guarantee -your freedom to share and to create. It forbids anyone who receives -rights under the OHL to deny any other licensee those same rights to -copy, modify, and distribute documentation, and to make, use and -distribute products based on that documentation. - -Unlike the GPL, the OHL is not primarily a copyright license. While -copyright protects documentation from unauthorized copying, modification, -and distribution, it has little to do with your right to make, distribute, -or use a product based on that documentation. For better or worse, patents -play a significant role in those activities. Although it does not prohibit -anyone from patenting inventions embodied in an Open Hardware design, and -of course cannot prevent a third party from enforcing their patent rights, -those who benefit from an OHL design may not bring lawsuits claiming that -design infringes their patents or other intellectual property. - -The OHL addresses unique issues involved in the creation of tangible, -physical things, but does not cover software, firmware, or code loaded -into programmable devices. A copyright-oriented license such as the GPL -better suits these creations. - -How can you use the OHL, or a design based upon it? While the terms and -conditions below take precedence over this preamble, here is a summary: - -* You may modify the documentation and make products based upon it. - -* You may use products for any legal purpose without limitation. - -* You may distribute unmodified documentation, but you must include the -complete package as you received it. - -* You may distribute products you make to third parties, if you either -include the documentation on which the product is based, or make it -available without charge for at least three years to anyone who requests -it. - -* You may distribute modified documentation or products based on it, if -you: - * License your modifications under the OHL. - * Include those modifications, following the requirements stated - below. - * Attempt to send the modified documentation by email to any of the - developers who have provided their email address. This is a good - faith obligation - if the email fails, you need do nothing more - and may go on with your distribution. - -* If you create a design that you want to license under the OHL, you -should: - * Include this document in a file named LICENSE (with the appropriate - extension) that is included in the documentation package. - * If the file format allows, include a notice like "Licensed under - the TAPR Open Hardware License (www.tapr.org/OHL)" in each - documentation file. While not required, you should also include - this notice on printed circuit board artwork and the product - itself; if space is limited the notice can be shortened or - abbreviated. - * Include a copyright notice in each file and on printed circuit - board artwork. - * If you wish to be notified of modifications that others may make, - include your email address in a file named "CONTRIB.TXT" or - something similar. - -* Any time the OHL requires you to make documentation available to -others, you must include all the materials you received from the -upstream licensors. In addition, if you have modified the -documentation: - * You must identify the modifications in a text file (preferably - named "CHANGES.TXT") that you include with the documentation. - That file must also include a statement like "These modifications - are licensed under the TAPR Open Hardware License." - * You must include any new files you created, including any - manufacturing files (such as Gerber files) you create in the - course of making products. - * You must include both "before" and "after" versions of all files - you modified. - * You may include files in proprietary formats, but you must also - include open format versions (such as Gerber, ASCII, Postscript, - or PDF) if your tools can create them. - -TERMS AND CONDITIONS - -1. Introduction -1.1 This Agreement governs how you may use, copy, modify, and -distribute Documentation, and how you may make, have made, and -distribute Products based on that Documentation. As used in this -Agreement, to "distribute" Documentation means to directly or indirectly -make copies available to a third party, and to "distribute" Products -means to directly or indirectly give, loan, sell or otherwise transfer -them to a third party. - -1.2 "Documentation" includes: - (a) schematic diagrams; - (b) circuit or circuit board layouts, including Gerber and other - data files used for manufacture; - (c) mechanical drawings, including CAD, CAM, and other data files - used for manufacture; - (d) flow charts and descriptive text; and - (e) other explanatory material. -Documentation may be in any tangible or intangible form of expression, -including but not limited to computer files in open or proprietary -formats and representations on paper, film, or other media. - -1.3 "Products" include: - (a) circuit boards, mechanical assemblies, and other physical parts - and components; - (b) assembled or partially assembled units (including components - and subassemblies); and - (c) parts and components combined into kits intended for assembly - by others; -which are based in whole or in part on the Documentation. - -1.4 This Agreement applies to any Documentation which contains a -notice stating it is subject to the TAPR Open Hardware License, and to -all Products based in whole or in part on that Documentation. If -Documentation is distributed in an archive (such as a "zip" file) which -includes this document, all files in that archive are subject to this -Agreement unless they are specifically excluded. Each person who -contributes content to the Documentation is referred to in this -Agreement as a "Licensor." - -1.5 By (a) using, copying, modifying, or distributing the -Documentation, or (b) making or having Products made or distributing -them, you accept this Agreement, agree to comply with its terms, and -become a "Licensee." Any activity inconsistent with this Agreement will -automatically terminate your rights under it (including the immunities -from suit granted in Section 2), but the rights of others who have -received Documentation, or have obtained Products, directly or -indirectly from you will not be affected so long as they fully comply -with it themselves. - -1.6 This Agreement does not apply to software, firmware, or code -loaded into programmable devices which may be used in conjunction with -Documentation or Products. Such software is subject to the license -terms established by its copyright holder(s). - -2. Patents -2.1 Each Licensor grants you, every other Licensee, and every -possessor or user of Products a perpetual, worldwide, and royalty-free -immunity from suit under any patent, patent application, or other -intellectual property right which he or she controls, to the extent -necessary to make, have made, possess, use, and distribute Products. -This immunity does not extend to infringement arising from modifications -subsequently made by others. - -2.2 If you make or have Products made, or distribute Documentation -that you have modified, you grant every Licensor, every other Licensee, -and every possessor or user of Products a perpetual, worldwide, and -royalty-free immunity from suit under any patent, patent application, or -other intellectual property right which you control, to the extent -necessary to make, have made, possess, use, and distribute Products. -This immunity does not extend to infringement arising from modifications -subsequently made by others. - -2.3 To avoid doubt, providing Documentation to a third party for the -sole purpose of having that party make Products on your behalf is not -considered "distribution,"\" and a third party's act of making Products -solely on your behalf does not cause that party to grant the immunity -described in the preceding paragraph. - -2.4 These grants of immunity are a material part of this Agreement, -and form a portion of the consideration given by each party to the -other. If any court judgment or legal agreement prevents you from -granting the immunity required by this Section, your rights under this -Agreement will terminate and you may no longer use, copy, modify or -distribute the Documentation, or make, have made, or distribute -Products. - -3. Modifications -You may modify the Documentation, and those modifications will become -part of the Documentation. They are subject to this Agreement, as are -Products based in whole or in part on them. If you distribute the -modified Documentation, or Products based in whole or in part upon it, -you must email the modified Documentation in a form compliant with -Section 4 to each Licensor who has provided an email address with the -Documentation. Attempting to send the email completes your obligations -under this Section and you need take no further action if any address -fails. - -4. Distributing Documentation -4.1 You may distribute unmodified copies of the Documentation in its -entirety in any medium, provided that you retain all copyright and other -notices (including references to this Agreement) included by each -Licensor, and include an unaltered copy of this Agreement. -4.2 You may distribute modified copies of the Documentation if you -comply with all the requirements of the preceding paragraph and: - (a) include a prominent notice in an ASCII or other open format - file identifying those elements of the Documentation that you - changed, and stating that the modifications are licensed under - the terms of this Agreement; - (b) include all new documentation files that you create, as well as - both the original and modified versions of each file you change - (files may be in your development tool's native file format, - but if reasonably possible, you must also include open format, - such as Gerber, ASCII, Postscript, or PDF, versions); - (c) do not change the terms of this Agreement with respect to - subsequent licensees; and - (d) if you make or have Products made, include in the Documentation - all elements reasonably required to permit others to make - Products, including Gerber, CAD/CAM and other files used for - manufacture. - -5. Making Products -5.1 You may use the Documentation to make or have Products made, -provided that each Product retains any notices included by the Licensor -(including, but not limited to, copyright notices on circuit boards). -5.2 You may distribute Products you make or have made, provided that -you include with each unit a copy of the Documentation in a form -consistent with Section 4. Alternatively, you may include either (i) an -offer valid for at least three years to provide that Documentation, at -no charge other than the reasonable cost of media and postage, to any -person who requests it; or (ii) a URL where that Documentation may be -downloaded, available for at least three years after you last distribute -the Product. - -6. NEW LICENSE VERSIONS -TAPR may publish updated versions of the OHL which retain the same -general provisions as the present version, but differ in detail to -address new problems or concerns, and carry a distinguishing version -number. If the Documentation specifies a version number which applies -to it and "any later version", you may choose either that version or any -later version published by TAPR. If the Documentation does not specify -a version number, you may choose any version ever published by TAPR. -TAPR owns the copyright to the OHL, but grants permission to any person -to copy, distribute, and use it in unmodified form. - -7. WARRANTY AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS -7.1 THE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED ON AN"AS-IS" BASIS WITHOUT -WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. ALL -WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY -WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND -TITLE, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. -7.2 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL ANY LICENSOR -BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, -INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF -THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE DOCUMENTATION OR PRODUCTS, -INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -INFRINGEMENT OR LOSS OF DATA, EVEN IF THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE -POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. -7.3 You agree that the foregoing limitations are reasonable due to -the non-financial nature of the transaction represented by this -Agreement, and acknowledge that were it not for these limitations, the -Licensor(s) would not be willing to make the Documentation available to -you. -7.4 You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold each Licensor harmless -from any claim brought by a third party alleging any defect in the -design, manufacture, or operation of any Product which you make, have -made, or distribute pursuant to this Agreement. - #### |