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  Balloon Licence


    The philosophy in plain English

Everyone has the right to manufacture, sell, and distribute Balloon
boards unchanged, however populated, and for any price (and there are
several obvious levels of population that make sense, either as
standalone boards or as components to be plugged in to a motherboard).
Everyone has the right to distribute the schematics unchanged in PDF
form, and the manufacturing files (Gerbers, drill info, pick-and-place
info, BOMs; everything needed to manufacture the boards)

If Balloon does not meet your specific requirements, then /please build
a motherboard for it/. Design files for template motherboards are
available as Protel (and maybe other) sources. If you'd like to suggest
changes or improvements for future versions, please do so via the
mailing list <maillist.html>, which is where new editions get thrashed out.

The Protel design of this board is /not/ published, and remains
copyright © Steve Wiseman, all right's reserved. This is to avoid the
proliferation of dozens of slightly-different Balloon-a-like boards,
which would destroy the whole concept of Balloon being a standard, low
cost, easily available, easily manufacturable, board for the masses.


    Licence and Limitd Warranty

*DEFINITIONS*:

    HARDWARE INFORMATION
        shall mean the schematics in Adobe (pdf) or other format not
        being Protel format, with PLD logic equations and binaries,
        Bills of Materials, manufacturing and assembly information
        including Gerber PCB description files, documentation, web site
        images and any other information included. These are the subject
        of the LICENCE below and are sufficient to understand,
        manufacture, assemble, test and use the circuit boards.
    DESIGN FILES
        Editable Protel CAD files describing schematics and PCB layouts

*LICENCE*:
    The HARDWARE INFORMATION may be copied, redistributed, and modified.
    Authors credits must be preserved. A copy of this licence must be
    provided with any redistribution. The responsibility of the authors
    is limited thus:-
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, AUTHORS, MANUFACTURERS OR
    DISTRIBTORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
    INCIDENTAL, OR CONSQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
    HARDWARE INFORMATION OR ANY DEVICE OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF, EVEN IF
    THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE
    AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES,
    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PAR-TICULAR PURPOSE, AND
    NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS HARDWARE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS
    BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO
    PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. 
*ITEMS NOT COVERED*:
    The DESIGN FILES are not covered by this licence and are not
    distributed. They are Copyright ©2003 Steve Wiseman and other parties.

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