Qi hardware

Qi hardware
Qi Hardware Inc.
Type Public
Industry Computer hardware
Computer software
Consumer electronics
Digital distribution
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Number of locations Beijing, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Taipei
Area served Worldwide
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Qi hardware, also called Copyleft hardware, is hardware that attempts to apply the Free Software Foundation's GNU GPL concept of copylefting software to the hardware layer. The project is both a popular open hardware community websites and a company, co-founded by Wolfgang Spraul and Yi Zhang, that makes hardware products. Originally formed from the ashes of the Openmoko project[1], several key members formed Qi Hardware Inc and Sharism At Work Ltd. Thus far, the project has released the Ben Nanonote[2][3][4][5], the Milkymist One[6], and the Ben WPAN wireless project[7][8][9][10][11] to create a copyleft wireless platform.

The distinction between copyleft hardware and open source hardware is very similar to the distintion between Free Software and Open Source Software. Copyleft hardware is essentially requiring that all plans for Hardware design (i.e.schematics, bill of materials and PCB layout data) are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license and that the software needed to both manufacture the device and at least some software, including drivers, necessary to use the hardware is released under the GNU Public License. Technology for copyleft hardware are to be patent-free, and hence, all hardware which is Qi hardware is to be released early, often and publicly on the Internet.

The primary examples of copyleft hardware are the Ben NanoNote pocket computer, Elphel 353 video camera and Milkymist One video synthesizer.

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  1. ^ Pam Derringer (2009-07-01). "Openomoko Layoffs Lead to New Open Hardware Venture". linux.com. http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mids/29263-openmoko-layoffs-lead-to-new-open-hardware-venture. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  2. ^ Gareth Halfacree (2010-03-16). "Qi Hardware launches NanoNote". bit-tech.com. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/03/16/qi-hardware-launches-nanonote/1. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  3. ^ Donald Melanson (2010-03-15). "Qi Hardware's tiny, hackable Ben NanoNote now shipping". bit-tech.com. http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/qi-hardwares-tiny-hackable-ben-nanonote-now-shipping/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  4. ^ David Murphy (2010-06-05). "Qi Hardware Launches Open-Source Computer". pcmag.com. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364710,00.asp. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  5. ^ rg (2010-03-17). "Qi Hardware Ben NanoNote". linux.com. http://www.linux-netbook.com/qi-hardware-ben-nanonote. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  6. ^ "Jon Phillips presents the Milkymist One at FISL 12 in Porto Alegre". linux.com. 2010-07-10. http://lekernel.net/blog/2011/07/jon-phillips-presents-the-milkymist-one-at-fisl-12-in-porto-alegre/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  7. ^ Terrence O'Brien (2011-06-17). "Qi-Hardware debuts free, open source wireless solution, not a threat to WiFi". engadget.com. http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/17/qi-hardware-debuts-free-open-source-wireless-solution-not-a-th/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  8. ^ "Qi Hardware Releases Free Wireless Hardware". rejon.org. 2011-06-15. http://rejon.org/2011/06/qi-hardware-releases-free-wireless-hardware/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  9. ^ Jake (2011-06-16). "Phillips: Qi Hardware Releases Free Wireless Hardware". lwn.net. http://lwn.net/Articles/448048/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  10. ^ Electronista Staff (2011-06-17). "Qi Hardware makes open-source wireless networking tech". electronista.com. http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/17/wireless.dongle.is.royalty.free/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 
  11. ^ Fabricatorz Staff (2011-06-17). "Qi Hardware Releases First Batch of 6LoWPAN Wireless Devices". fabricatorz.com. http://fabricatorz.com/2011/06/qi-hardware-releases-first-batch-of-6lowpan-wireless-devices/. Retrieved 2011-07-18. 

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