Extrait de l'article du site makezine.com par Phillip Torrone en date du 11/12/2009 :
« Guide des projets de matériels sous licences libres en 2009
[...] First up - What is open source hardware? These are projects in which the creators have decided to completely publish all the source, schematics, firmware, software, bill of materials, parts list, drawings and "board" files to recreate the hardware - they also allow any use, including commercial. Similar to open source software like Linux, but this hardware centric. »
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