Partners:

• TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG
• Samsung Semiconductor

Other Open Source and Maker Sites:

• SparkFun Electronics
• openDrive
• Interactive Matter
• MAKE Magazine
• Maker Faire
• Arduino Boards
• GitHub / An Illustrated Guide to Git on Windows

Tools typically used in the Open Source Community:

• Processing – Open Source Programming Language
• Eagle  – PCB Design Tool, well-known and accepted in the open source community

Open Source Licensing Schemes:

• GNU GPL (V3)
• MIT License
• Various BSD Licenses
• University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
• CERN OHL
• TAPR Open Hardware License
• Creative Commons
• Copyfree Licenses summary