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109 changes: 65 additions & 44 deletions LICENSE
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CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Weakly Reciprocal


Preamble

CERN has developed this licence 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. Version 2 of the CERN Open
Hardware Licence comes in three variants: CERN-OHL-P (permissive); and
two reciprocal licences: CERN-OHL-W (weakly reciprocal) and this
licence, CERN-OHL-S (strongly reciprocal).
two reciprocal licences: this licence, CERN- OHL-W (weakly reciprocal)
and CERN-OHL-S (strongly reciprocal).

The CERN-OHL-S is copyright CERN 2020. Anyone is welcome to use it, in
The CERN-OHL-W is copyright CERN 2020. Anyone is welcome to use it, in
unmodified form only.

Use of this Licence does not imply any endorsement by CERN of any
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1 Definitions

1.1 'Licence' means this CERN-OHL-S.
1.1 'Licence' means this CERN-OHL-W.

1.2 'Compatible Licence' means

a) any earlier version of the CERN Open Hardware licence, or

b) any version of the CERN-OHL-S, or
b) any version of the CERN-OHL-S or the CERN-OHL-W, or

c) any licence which permits You to treat the Source to which
it applies as licensed under CERN-OHL-S provided that on
Conveyance of any such Source, or any associated Product You
treat the Source in question as being licensed under
CERN-OHL-S.
it applies as licensed under CERN-OHL-S or CERN-OHL-W
provided that on Conveyance of any such Source, or any
associated Product You treat the Source in question as being
licensed under CERN-OHL-S or CERN-OHL-W as appropriate.

1.3 'Source' means information such as design materials or digital
code which can be applied to Make or test a Product or to
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1.7 'Available Component' means any part, sub-assembly, library or
code which:

a) is licensed to You as Complete Source under a Compatible
Licence; or
a) is licensed to You as Complete Source under a Compatible
Licence; or

b) is available, at the time a Product or the Source containing
it is first Conveyed, to You and any other prospective
licensees

i) with sufficient rights and information (including any
configuration and programming files and information
about its characteristics and interfaces) to enable it
either to be Made itself, or to be sourced and used to
Make the Product; or
ii) as part of the normal distribution of a tool used to
design or Make the Product.

1.8 'External Material' means anything (including Source) which:

b) is available, at the time a Product or the Source containing
it is first Conveyed, to You and any other prospective
licensees
a) is only combined with Covered Source in such a way that it
interfaces with the Covered Source using a documented
interface which is described in the Covered Source; and

i) as a physical part with sufficient rights and
information (including any configuration and
programming files and information about its
characteristics and interfaces) to enable it either to
be Made itself, or to be sourced and used to Make the
Product; or
ii) as part of the normal distribution of a tool used to
design or Make the Product.
b) is not a derivative of or contains Covered Source, or, if it
is, it is solely to the extent necessary to facilitate such
interfacing.

1.8 'Complete Source' means the set of all Source necessary to Make
1.9 'Complete Source' means the set of all Source necessary to Make
a Product, in the preferred form for making modifications,
including necessary installation and interfacing information
both for the Product, and for any included Available Components.
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enable a recipient to Make or source and use the Available
Component to Make the Product.

1.9 'Source Location' means a location where a Licensor has placed
1.10 'Source Location' means a location where a Licensor has placed
Covered Source, and which that Licensor reasonably believes will
remain easily accessible for at least three years for anyone to
obtain a digital copy.

1.10 'Notice' means copyright, acknowledgement and trademark notices,
1.11 'Notice' means copyright, acknowledgement and trademark notices,
Source Location references, modification notices (subsection
3.3(b)) and all notices that refer to this Licence and to the
disclaimer of warranties that are included in the Covered
Source.

1.11 'Licensee' or 'You' means any person exercising rights under
1.12 'Licensee' or 'You' means any person exercising rights under
this Licence.

1.12 'Licensor' means a natural or legal person who creates or
1.13 'Licensor' means a natural or legal person who creates or
modifies Covered Source. A person may be a Licensee and a
Licensor at the same time.

1.13 'Convey' means to communicate to the public or distribute.
1.14 'Convey' means to communicate to the public or distribute.


2 Applicability
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or any other similar right.


3 Copying, Modifying and Conveying Covered Source
3 Copying, modifying and Conveying Covered Source

3.1 You may copy and Convey verbatim copies of Covered Source, in
any medium, provided You retain all Notices.
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You may only delete Notices if they are no longer applicable to
the corresponding Covered Source as modified by You and You may
add additional Notices applicable to Your modifications.
Including Covered Source in a larger work is modifying the
Covered Source, and the larger work becomes modified Covered
Source.

3.3 You may Convey modified Covered Source (with the effect that You
shall also become a Licensor) provided that You:
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8.3, a later version, if permitted by the licence of the
original Covered Source). Such modified Covered Source must
be licensed as a whole, but excluding Available Components
contained in it, which remain licensed under their own
applicable licences.
contained in it or External Material to which it is
interfaced, which remain licensed under their own applicable
licences.


4 Making and Conveying Products

You may Make Products, and/or Convey them, provided that You either
provide each recipient with a copy of the Complete Source or ensure
that each recipient is notified of the Source Location of the Complete
Source. That Complete Source is Covered Source, and You must
accordingly satisfy Your obligations set out in subsection 3.3. If
specified in a Notice, the Product must visibly and securely display
the Source Location on it or its packaging or documentation in the
manner specified in that Notice.
4.1 You may Make Products, and/or Convey them, provided that You
either provide each recipient with a copy of the Complete Source
or ensure that each recipient is notified of the Source Location
of the Complete Source. That Complete Source includes Covered
Source and You must accordingly satisfy Your obligations set out
in subsection 3.3. If specified in a Notice, the Product must
visibly and securely display the Source Location on it or its
packaging or documentation in the manner specified in that
Notice.

4.2 Where You Convey a Product which incorporates External Material,
the Complete Source for that Product which You are required to
provide under subsection 4.1 need not include any Source for the
External Material.

4.3 You may license Products under terms of Your choice, provided
that such terms do not restrict or attempt to restrict any
recipients' rights under this Licence to the Covered Source.


5 Research and Development
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7.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, each
Licensor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide,
non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as
stated in subsections 7.2 and 8.4) patent licence to Make, have
stated in subsections 7.2 and 8.4) patent license to Make, have
Made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer
the Covered Source and Products, where such licence applies only
to those patent claims licensable by such Licensor that are
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may apply this or any later version of CERN-OHL with the same
variant identifier published by CERN.

You may treat Covered Source licensed under CERN-OHL-W as
licensed under CERN-OHL-S if and only if all Available
Components referenced in the Covered Source comply with the
corresponding definition of Available Component for CERN-OHL-S.

8.4 This Licence shall terminate with immediate effect if You fail
to comply with any of its terms and conditions.

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