Licence.txt

The TapuinoNext project is Copyright Peter Edwards (2021) and licensed under the following terms:

1. Non-commercial licensing:
    For non-commercial licensing the project is licensed under:
        - CC BY-NC 4.0 for the TapuinoNext hardware: schematics, layouts, gerbers, diagrams, documentation, prototype detail, pictures etc.
        - GPL 3.0 for the TapuinoNext firmware / source code.
    See the included licenses for detail.

2. Commercial licensing:
    Licences for commercial production of the TapuinoNext will be granted at the sole discrection of the author,
    under terms that will be negotiated between the parties involved.

What does this mean for you?
    If you are building the TapuinoNext project for your personal use, for a friend etc. please go ahead, remix and enjoy.
    Please attribute me for the work and share your changes / improvements if any.
    See the included licenses for detail.
    Pull requests are welcome and can be submitted at: https://github.com/sweetlilmre/TapuinoNext
    
    If you wish to produce and sell kits at cost as a service to the community, I'd love to know about this.
    Contact me at sweetlilmre@gmail.com and we can sort something out.

    If you are a commercial business that wishes to build and sell the TapuinoNext you need to obtain a licence from me to do so.
    You can contact me at sweetlilmre@gmail.com to discuss this.

Why the restriction on commercial licensing?
    Without getting into detail, let's just say I've been burnt before. I spent an amazing amount of time developing first
    the Tapuino and then the TapuinoNext. I did this so that people could share and benefit from the work and so that I
    could give something back to the wonderful C64 community. However, I would like to retain some control over how the
    Tapuino Next is used commercially.