Open-source hardware

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Hello guys. I’m new with boards and I just want to know what does “open-source hardware” means.
Isn’t the software included in this?
Thank you.

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http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Terms_of_Use describes what you can do with the HW information we provide.

Yes there is open source SW as well, but that has some more interesting restrictions on the usage of that code and licenses that are involved.

Gerald

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the Open Source Hardware Association provides some guidelines and definitions about what “open-source hardware” is:

http://www.oshwa.org/definition/

Dave