This branch of copyleft-next project is for considering revisions to the copyleft-next license that are specific to licensing hardware designs. Those considerations may relate to legal differences specific to hardware designs, such as incorporating language into the license that directly addresses laws specific to "mask works" (see, for example, 17 U.S.C. §904(b)(1)). Other differences may simply educational or "technical", such as providing non-software design examples, or including legal notices that are contain a mask mark Ⓜ instead of a copyright mark ©.
I'm not entirely sure where this is going, but, I currently have an interest in licensing hardware designs, so I figure I will take what I learn and put it into the platonic ideal of the always-becoming copyleft-next.
Joshua Gay September 2017
copyleft-next is a new, post-post-modern, non-weak copyleft license inspired by, though different from, the GNU GPL.
Contributions of patches, ideas, and criticism are welcome (see the file CONTRIBUTING.md for more information). In particular, the Copyleft-Next Project actively seeks the participation of open source/free software project developers who may not have considered helping with license drafting before. License drafting is fundamentally about establishing policies for projects, and therefore input from developers of the highest value.
Numbered releases of copyleft-next are stored in the Releases directory. A draft of copyleft-next is maintained in the Drafts directory.
The Copyleft-Next Project is not an effort endorsed by the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project. It is is also not an effort associated in any way with the past or current employer of any participant. Contributors are expected and assumed to participate in their individual capacity.