CERN launches a new license for free hardware

Four months after the release of the first version, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) publishes today the version 1.1 full Open Hardware License (OHL), a legal framework inspired by free software whose objective is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge among the electronic design community used in particle accelerators.


With this initiative, in keeping with the ideals of 'open science', CERN hopes to improve the quality of hardware designs through peer review and guarantee users, including businesses, the freedom to study, modify and manufacture them. .

In the spirit of the dissemination of knowledge and technology, CERN's open hardware initiative has been created to direct the use, copying, modification and distribution of documentation on hardware design, production and distribution of products. Hardware design documentation includes schematic diagrams, layouts, circuits or circuit board layouts, mechanical drawings, flow charts, and descriptive texts, as well as other explanatory material.

CERN's OHL version 1.0 was published in March 2011 in the Open Hardware Repository (OHR), created by electronics designers working in experimental physics laboratories who felt the need to enable sharing. of knowledge across a broad community and in line with the ideals of 'open science' promoted by organizations like CERN.

Further information: Open Hardware License

Further information: Open Hardware Repository

Definition of: the Free Culture license


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  1.   Eduardo Battaglia said

    What good news!

  2.   mardigann said

    I like that our (in this case, mine I think they have not had much to do with it, but hey) taxes revert to this: research for everyone. But I'm sorry, it's just that I'm funny, although for now it only refers to the blueprints of the electronic components, "the freedom to study, modify and manufacture them" ... in the end it will end with the announcement of "Build your own particle accelerator now at home! It has never been so easy, it's free, it's free, it's your own accelerator! (shipping costs for parts not included) and if you call now ... »

  3.   Let's use Linux said

    Haha ... I was about to make a similar joke when I wrote the post, but surely some would get mad at me for not being "serious" enough when talking about the prestigious CERN. 🙂
    Cheers! Paul.