[mupuf]

Thanks for your write-up!

In the case of FPGA boards, OSHW would thus require "mechanical drawings, schematics, bills of material, PCB layout data, and integrated circuit layout data" given that no HDL source code is present in it.

Seems like I have been a little loose in my description, but at least I did not completely miss the point. Accuracy is however needed, I'll try to find another formulation or link to the pages you sent for people to see that it is a little more complex!

[abetusk]

I think you're being pretty ungenerous in your reading.

Under the section "3. Necessary Software":

> If the licensed design requires software, embedded or otherwise, to operate properly and fulfill its essential functions, then the license may require that one of the following conditions are met:

> a) The interfaces are sufficiently documented such that it could reasonably be considered straightforward to write open source software that allows the device to operate properly and fulfill its essential functions. For example, this may include the use of detailed signal timing diagrams or pseudocode to clearly illustrate the interface in operation.

> b) The necessary software is released under an OSI-approved open source license.

My interpretation of that would include HDL source code.