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See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along + with this program; if not, see . + +Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. + +If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this +when it starts in an interactive mode: + + Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author + Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. + This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it + under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. + +The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate +parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may +be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be +mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. + +You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your +school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if +necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: + + Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program + `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. + + , 1 April 1989 + Moe Ghoul, President of Vice + +This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into +proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may +consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the +library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General +Public License instead of this License. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ab62708..5632297 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ maps across the three boards. ## Licence -Not yet chosen. Until one is added, default copyright applies: you may read -this, but not build, fork or reuse it. If that isn't the intent, add -CERN-OHL-S or TAPR OHL for the hardware, and GPL-2.0 for anything derived from -QMK. +**Hardware and documentation: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](LICENSES/CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.txt).** +Build one, modify it, share your modifications under the same terms — but no +commercial products. -The PDFs under `Documents/` are vendor datasheets (WCH, ST) redistributed for -convenience and are **not** covered by whatever licence this repo adopts. +**Firmware: [GPL-2.0-or-later](LICENSES/GPL-2.0.txt)**, forced by QMK, which +permits commercial use. See [`LICENSE.md`](LICENSE.md) for why the two can't be +the same, and for the caveats on what "NonCommercial" actually means. + +Datasheets under `Documents/` are third-party vendor PDFs and aren't covered by +either. --- @@ -337,6 +340,6 @@ Per house convention. This one is unusually clean: scrubbing needed, unlike most repos here. - [ ] Confirm no JLC/LCSC account identifiers end up in fab exports. - [x] Scanned: no LAN topology, credentials or personal data in files or history. -- [ ] **Licence still unchosen** — see the Licence section above. +- [x] Licence chosen: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (hardware) + GPL-2.0 (firmware). - [ ] Vendor datasheets in `Documents/` are redistributed third-party PDFs. Consider linking instead of vendoring if that matters to you. diff --git a/firmware/README.md b/firmware/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd5ea79 --- /dev/null +++ b/firmware/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Firmware + +Nothing here yet. See the Firmware notes in the top-level README for what's +already known — the `SPLIT_USB_DETECT` trap, the Num Lock resolve-at-press +design, and the encoder config. + +**Licence: GPL-2.0-or-later.** Anything in this directory derives from QMK and +inherits its licence. Unlike the hardware, it carries no NonCommercial +restriction — the GPL does not permit adding one.