Licensing Open Source Hardware

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Claim: hardware is legally born free because copyright does not cover functionality while patents/design rights require active filing. Practical rule: publish and do nothing — posting documentation publicly creates prior art that prevents patents. Problem shown with concrete examples: Creative Commons NC labels on Instructables and Wikifactory mislead creators (11-year-old Instructables note has 716 views) and projects like XYZ furniture misuse licenses. Fix proposed: campaign with memes, an email template, and platform requests under the banner non-commercial is not open source.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:20Disclaimer
3. 3:07Patents
4. 3:47How To Tackle the Legal Side
5. 17:18The Proposal for the Collective Campaign
6. 28:36Is There a Way of Requiring Derivative Works of Open Hardware Projects To Remain in the Commons Similar to How Copyleft Works with Software

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