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open hardware certification document: second pass

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		Software in the Public Interest Presents

                 THE OPEN HARDWARE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

The Open Hardware Certification Program is a self-certification program
for hardware manufacturers. By certifying a hardware device as "Open",
the manufacturer makes a set of promises about the availability of
documentation for programming the device-driver interface of a specific
hardware device. While the certification does not guarantee that a
device driver is available for a specific device and operating system,
it does guarantee that anyone who wants to take the time to write one
can get the information necessary to do so. There is no charge to
participate in the program. Vendors of certified equipment have the
right to apply the "Open Hardware" logo to their packaging, and to
state in advertising that their devices are certified. Users who buy
equipment with the "Open Hardware" logo are assured that a change in
operating system or even the demise of the manufacturer will not make
it impossible to get software support for their devices.

When you certify a hardware device, you must verify that the following
conditions are true, and sign and mail the form below to Software in the
Public Interest. Once you do that, you may use the "Open Hardware" logo
on your product. If one of the conditions becomes false and you can not
rectify it, you must cease use of the logo, and you must cease to claim
certification for your device.

CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE

1. Sufficient documentation on the device must be available for a competent
   systems programer to write a device driver. The documentation must
   cover all of the features of the device-driver interface that any user
   would be expected to employ. This includes input/output and control
   functions and auxillary functions such as performance measurment or
   self-test diagnostics. Diagnostic and maintainance functions that are
   meant to be employed only in the factory are not included in this
   requirement.

2. A non-disclosure agreement must not be required to gain access to the
   documentation.

3. Where the device is offered with packaging and/or instructions in a
   national language, the documentation must be available in that language
   as well.

4. The documentation must be available via one or more of these methods:

   A. As a document published to the global internet and expected to
      remain available while the device is offered for sale. The server
      must not levy any fee for access to the documentation. The
      document must be in at least one of these formats: HTML, plain
      text, PostScript, or PDF.

   B. In a published book currently in print and available at bookstores
      in any nation where the device is offered for sale, selling for a
      price not substantially more than similar technical books.

   C. By mail from the manufacturer, for no more than the cost of
      duplication of materials, shipping, and a handling fee not to
      exceed US$20 .

   D. In the same package as the device when it is sold, as a paper
      document or a data file in HTML, plain text, PostScript, or PDF
      format.
      

_____________________________________________________________________________

Edit this form, inserting your information. E-mail the result to
hardware-certificate@debian.org . Print out the same information,
sign the paper copy, and mail it to:

	Software in the Public Interest
	P.O. Box 70152
	Pt. Richmond CA 94807-0152

Manufacturer's Name:

Manufacturer's Postal Address. This should be the main address used by your
business:




Name and Model Number of Device Being Certified. Please file a separate
certificate for each device:



Purpose of Device (for example, "SCSI Disk Controller"):



Name of Manufacturer's Reprresentative. This is an individual that Software
In the Public Interest may contact regarding compliance and other issues
of this agreement:


Representative's Postal Address. Include mail stop, etc.:




Representative's Email Address:



Name of Signing Authority. This is the name of an individual who has
signing authority for the manufacturer, who signs this agreement.



Signing Authority's Postal Address. Include mail stop, etc.:




Signing Authority's Email Address:




Name and Address of Corporate Representative. This is a person upon
whom process should be served in legal matters concerning your business,
and the address where that person can normaly be found to accept process
during business hours:






I swear that the above is true, to the best of my knowledge.
Signature:


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