Speaker
Dane Tacchini
(CERN)
Description
The CERN Open Hardware Licence (“CERN OHL”) was developed in 2011 to promote collaboration among hardware designers and to provide a legal tool which supports the freedom to use, study, modify, share and distribute hardware designs and products based on those designs. The second version of CERN OHL released in 2020 provides additional flexibility by introducing three CERN OHL variants – the permissive, the weakly-reciprocal and the strongly-reciprocal, thus enabling the selection of a licence adapted to the needs of each project. This presentation offers a legal perspective on CERN OHL key features, including its approach to derivative works, documentation, and obligations for redistribution.
