Re: Not "open source" hardware, "free design" hardware

[Ineiev]

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 12:04:18AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
>   >  > Are you using "designs" with a different meaning? -- RMS
> 
>   >  From my experience the word "hardware designs" usually refers to
>   > schematics only,
> 
> Does it include schematics of chips
> as well as schematics of boards?

Just a data point.

From my 20+ years professional experience of an electronics engineer,
hardware design usually includes schematics, layout, assembly drawings
and instructions (if any)---virtually all documentation used to
produce the device.

>                      so i would argue for more specific term to include
>   > gerber files and everything relevant.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> What word can we use instead of "designs" to make it clear it includes
> these?
> 
> How hard is it to make a layout, given a schematic?

The layouts for a device is typically harder to make than its
schematics; the gerber files (technically, gerber + drill files)
are made automatically from the layout in its source code form.

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