Open Source Hardware Definition turns 1.0

Phil Torrone from Make Magazine writes in with cool news about the Open Source Hardware Definition: "The Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Statement of Principles 1.0 and Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition 1.0 has hit 1.0 - Open Source Hardware (OSHW) is a term for tangible artifacts -- machines, devices, or other physical things -- whose design has been released to the public in such a way that anyone can make, modify, distribute, and use those things. This definition is intended to help provide guidelines for the development and evaluation of licenses for Open Source Hardware. The top open hardware electronics pioneers and companies have endorsed the 1.0 definition, and next up will be logo selection!"

Open Source Hardware (OSHW) is a term for tangible artifacts -- machines, devices, or other physical things -- whose design has been released to the public in such a way that anyone can make, modify, distribute, and use those things. This definition is intended to help provide guidelines for the development and evaluation of licenses for Open Source Hardware.
It is important to note that hardware is different from software in that physical resources must always be committed for the creation of physical goods. Accordingly, persons or companies producing items ("products") under an OSHW license have an obligation not to imply that such products are manufactured, sold, warrantied, or otherwise sanctioned by the original designer and also not to make use of any trademarks owned by the original designer.
The distribution terms of Open Source Hardware must comply with the following criteria...

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Excellent. My dad, who started freeio.org, would have been happy to see this.
Anonymous

I wonder – could this be altered to take advantage of the coming boom in 3D printing? I don’t know the details,but it’d be wonderful if you could slap an OSHI license on a design like we do with the GPL.