OSHWA Certification

Basic Information

Section 1 of 4

This part of the form asks for basic information about the responsible party for the project to be certified, such as the name of the individual, company, or organization certifying the project and contact information for any future correspondence from OSHWA regarding your certification.

This certification is on behalf of a:

Name of Individual, Company, or Organization Responsible for the Certified Item

If not an Individual, name of Individual with Authority to Bind the Company or Organization

Contact Information

Country

Street Address Line 1

Street Address Line 2

City/town/village

State/Province/Region

Zip Code/Postal code

OSHWA Contact Email Address

This email address will be kept private and only used for official communications from OSHWA about your certification

Public contact email address

This address will be made publicly available in the certification directory

Project Information

Section 2 of 4

This part of the form asks for information about the project you wish to certify. Information submitted here will appear on your project’s profile listing.

Project name

Project version

v.

Have you previously registered a version(s) of your project with OSHWA?

Previous versions

If you have previously registered a version(s) of your project with OSHWA, type in the UID for that project

Project description

Please limit your response to 500 characters

Project website

Include the protocol to your URL (e.g. http:// or https://)

Primary Project Type

If your project doesn't fall into any of these types, select "Other".

Project Keywords

If you would like your project to be searchable by specific keywords, add them here

Where can the documentation be found for your project?

Include the protocol to your URL (e.g. http:// or https://)

All project documentation and design files are available in the preferred format for making changes.

Does your project incorporate or build upon other open projects that are not currently certified by OSHWA? If so, use this space to cite those projects

Citation Title

Citation URL

Include the protocol to your URL (e.g. http:// or https://)

Licensing Information

Section 3 of 4

This part of the form asks for information about your project’s licensing. In order to qualify for OSHWA certification, you must have chosen an open source license for your hardware, your software (if any), and your documentation. Your licenses for each of these elements will appear on your project’s profile listing.

What license is your project's hardware licensed under?

If your license is not listed, choose "Other"

Examples of Hardware Licensing

What license is your project's software licensed under? Select "No software" if your project doesn't use software

If your license is not listed, choose "Other"

Examples of Software Licensing

What license is your project's documentation licensed under?

If your license is not listed, choose "Other"

Examples of Documentation Licensing

The project is licensed in a way to allow for modifications and derivative works without commercial restriction.

There is no restriction within my control to selling or giving away the project documentation.

Where possible, I have chosen to use components in my hardware that are openly licensed.

I understand and comply with the "Creator Contribution requirement," explained in the Requirements for Certification.

There is no restriction on the use by persons or groups, or by the field of endeavor.

The rights granted by any license on the project applies to all whom the work is redistributed to.

The rights granted under any license on the project do not depend on the licensed work being part of a specific product.

The rights granted under any license on the project do not restrict other hardware or software, for example by requiring that all other hardware or software sold with the item be open source.

The rights granted under any license on the project are technology neutral.

Certification

Section 4 of 4

This part of the form asks you to certify that you agree to specific terms of the OSHWA Certification Mark License Agreement.

You agree to the following terms:

I have provided OSHWA with accurate contact information, recognize that all official communications from OSHWA will be directed to that contact information, and will update that contact information as necessary.

I will only use the certification mark in compliance with official certification guidelines.

I acknowledge that all right, title, and interest in the certification mark remains with OSHWA.

I acknowledge that OSHWA has the right to enforce violations of the use of the mark. This enforcement may involve financial penalties for misuse in bad faith.

I have the ability to bind those responsible for the certified item to this agreement.

If you do not agree with any of the above terms, please explain.

Relationship to certified item

I agree to the terms of the OSHWA Open Source Hardware Certification Mark License Agreement, including the Requirements for Certification and Usage Guidelines incorporated by reference and including license terms that are not present in or conflict with this web form. I acknowledge that by agreeing to the terms of the OSHWA Open Source Hardware Certification Mark License Agreement that I am binding the entity listed to the License Agreement. I recognize that I will receive my unique identification number that allows me to promote my project as OSHWA Open Source Hardware Certified in compliance with the user guidelines via the email provided to OSHWA after submitting this form.

This field is required.

If you are the parent or legal guardian entering into this agreement on behalf of an individual under the age of 18, please provide your name to certify that you also agree to be bound by this agreement.

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Basic Information

Project Information

Licensing Information

Examples of Hardware Licensing

Apertus AXIOM

Mycroft AI Mycroft Mark 1

Public Lab Papercraft Spectrometer Intro Kit

Examples of Software Licensing

Apertus AXIOM

Mach 30 Shepard Test Stand

Public Lab Papercraft Spectrometer Intro Kit

Examples of Documentation Licensing

Apertus AXIOM

OpenFab PDX F-F-Fiddle

Public Lab Papercraft Spectrometer Intro Kit

Michigan Technological University Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator and Mixer

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