This page goes into even more nitty-gritty detail about open source hardware.

###"Non-commercial" and "Open source"###

Open source does not mean non-commercial. You can sell open source hardware or software, and others can sell your work -- as long as they distribute the source code as specified in the license. A license that specifies non-commercial work only may in fact **not** be open source, depending on whom you ask -- the Open Source Initiative [specifically excludes 'noncommercial' licenses](http://www.opensource.org/licenses) from their definition of open source. However, the [Open Source Hardware Definition](http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW) does not take a position on the matter.

**Criticism**

Limor Fried posted [some great discussion](http://www.ladyada.net/library/openhardware/license.html) about why non-commercial licenses may be counter-productive to open source projects.

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