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a design competition for the logo. The competition received 129 submissions, from which
10 were selected, by a group of stakeholders invited by Bdeir, and put up for public vote.
On April 7, 2011, the group announced that the design “Golden Orb” by Macklin Chaffee
had received the most votes (Bdeir 2011b) and was consequently selected as the symbol
of agreement with and abidance by the OSHW Definition. The first open source hardware
developer to apply this community mark on a product was Parallax. It has since been used
on an increasing number of projects and products.
CERN OHL
In July 2011, CERN (the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research) issued a
press release declaring that it had created an open source hardware license (CERN OHL).
In this announcement, Javier Serrano, an engineer at CERN's Beams Department and the
designs openly, CERN expects to improve the quality of designs through peer review and
to guarantee their users, including commercial companies, the freedom to study, modify
and manufacture them, leading to better hardware and less duplication of efforts” (CERN
2011).ThelicensewasinitiallydraftedtoaddressCERN-specific concerns,suchastracing
the impact of the organization's research, but in its current form it can be used by anyone
developing open source hardware (Ayass 2011).
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An online framework for collaboration among research institutes and beyond, with the goal of mak-
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When these licenses, trademarks, and definitions are under consideration, the nuances
and protections of each should be discussed with a legal professional for advisement on
use.
