Qi Hardware Launches Open-Source Computer | Linux Today

Qi Hardware Launches Open-Source Computer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 7, 2010

“However, Linux News has gotten its hands on one such device, Qi
Hardware’s ‘Ben NanoNote,’ and it’s one of the few massive hardware
projects in existence that runs on completely copyleft
hardware.

“What does that mean? The hardware on the system is bound by the
same common principles as the software running on it—anyone
is free to modify the Ben NanoNote’s design or make copies thereof,
so long as they release their version of the product under the same
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license as the
original.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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