CERN Open Hardware Licence


The CERN Open Hardware Licence is a license used in open-source hardware projects. It was created by CERN, which published version 1.0 in March 2011. Version 1.1 was published in July 2011. Version 1.2 was published in September 2013. Version 2.0, which utilizes a simplified language and covers also integrated circuit designs, was published in March 2020.

Wording

Contrary to most of license names, the CERN OHL uses the British English spelling :wiktionary:licence#Noun|licence, not the American English spelling :wiktionary:license#Noun|license containing an s.

Projects using the CERN OHL

On the CERN OHL website they have a list of projects using their license. These projects include:
The CERN OHL is an accepted free content license according to the Free Cultural Works definition.