The TAPR Open Hardware License (OHL) is the only license I am considering that is written specifically for hardware and patent law.  It requires that any derivative works be licensed the same.  It requires distribution of all modified works to include the originals unmodified.

This license restricts what a developer can do with the design.  I am hoping that this product has enough value to developers that they would contribute to the design.  With that premise, I would not like other developers to be limited significantly on how they can use the intellectual property.

I am going to use the MIT license for both hardware and software.  I don’t need patent/copyright protection on this product.  Liability protection is a good thing, I intend this product to be “hackable”. Anything submitted to this blog for product design will be considered under the MIT license unless noted otherwise.