“Bruce Perens, an author of the Open Source Definition that
codified elements of the collaborative programming philosophy, is
set to bring the approach to hardware designs.“On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
License, a document written by John Ackerman designed specifically
to govern hardware designs that can be modified and redistrubuted.
Perens plans to submit the license to the Open Source Initiative
for its as an open-source license…”