Earlier this month, Arduino announced a new Arduino Uno Q board as part of its acquisition by Qualcomm. Is this new board open source? It is kind of hard to say, which is exactly why the OSHWA Open Source Hardware Certification exists.

What are the most popular open source hardware licenses? How has that popularity changed over time? Is there anything to be learned from the ups and downs of various licenses?

The Italian Competition and Market Authority is currently investigating behavior in Italy’s textbook industry. I recently filed a brief comment flagging issues that might be worth exploring in the etextbook space.

What does competition in the world of music look like without copyright? We may be on the cusp of finding out.

Trying to decide which open hardware license to use? Not super interested in actually reading the text of licenses? You have come to the right place. There are a bunch of caveats at the bottom of this post, but let’s get to the heart of things.