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A project log for RX-Modulus (Completely Modular Mouse)

Finally a mouse that can be freely changed, fixed and upgraded suit the user.

benwbenw 08/28/2020 at 08:540 Comments

The specific open source licenses that RX-Modulus will use are also somewhat in flux. Anyone who has developed a product (particularly one that includes Hardware, Firmware and Software), knows that this landscape is somewhat convoluted. I still struggle with wrapping my head around what is best for us.

We plan to certify the hardware as open source through the OSHWA certification process but the specific license for that is still being decided. The Firmware content RX-Modulus will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. Any OS software will likely be published under BSD.

But, as I said, we are still evaluating all of this stuff. The plan is to have it decided before the end of the year, well in advance of our public release. If anyone has any comments or ideas about this, I would love to hear them. Please feel free to reach out.

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