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@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ The [SIL Open Font License 1.1](/licenses/ofl-1.1/) keeps fonts open, allowing t
### Hardware ### Hardware
There are the CERN Open Hardware family of licenses: [CERN-OHL-P-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-p-2.0/) (Permissive, [MIT](/licenses/mit/)-like), [CERN-OHL-W-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-w-2.0/) (Weakly reciprocal, [MPL](/licenses/mpl-2.0/)-like), and [cern-ohl-s-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-s-2.0/) (Strongly reciprocal, [GPL](/licenses/gpl-3.0/)-like). The CERN OHL family is also applicable to HDL source code and programmable hardware such as FPGA bitstreams. There are the CERN Open Hardware family of licenses: [CERN-OHL-P-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-p-2.0/), the permissive variant ([MIT](/licenses/mit/)-like); [CERN-OHL-W-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-w-2.0/), the “weakly reciprocal” variant ([MPL](/licenses/mpl-2.0/)-like), and [CERN-OHL-S-2.0](/licenses/cern-ohl-s-2.0/), the “strongly reciprocal” variant ([GPL](/licenses/gpl-3.0/)-like). The CERN OHL family is also applicable to HDL source code and synthesized bitstreams as would be used in FPGAs.
[CC-BY-4.0](/licenses/cc-by-4.0/) and [CC-BY-SA-4.0](/licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0/) are also commonly used for hardware; however they do not grant patent rights which restricts usage of patent-encumbered hardware licensed under them. [CC-BY-4.0](/licenses/cc-by-4.0/) and [CC-BY-SA-4.0](/licenses/cc-by-sa-4.0/) are also commonly used for hardware; however they do not grant patent rights which can restrict usage of patent-encumbered hardware licensed under them and Creative Commons does not recommend them for hardware.
If your hardware has accompanying software then be sure to specify a license for the software portion as well as the hardware portion. If your hardware has accompanying software then be sure to specify a license for the software portion as well as the hardware portion.