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Ben NanoNote

Qi's mission is to promote and encourage the development of copyleft hardware.

All steps needed to build the devices should be documented and the knowledge made available to anyone wanting to reproduce them.

The ultimate goals are:

  • a completely copylefted and fully documented hardware platform
  • copyleft plans and software for manufacturing
  • the proof that community development is superior to proprietary approaches

Examples of emerging copyleft hardware are the Ben NanoNote pocket computer, Elphel 353 video camera, and upcoming Milkymist One interactive VJ station. A simple example of copyleft hardware is the Laoban Soundsystem.

Find out what makes good copyleft hardware, how you can benefit from it, and how you can contribute.


Do it yourself? - Do it together!

Help us stay in touch with you, subscribe to the Qi RSS feed, or sign up for copyleft hardware announcements:

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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free or you are not free. --Walter Cronkite.

Good News Upcoming Priorities


  1. Buy and Use Copyleft Hardware Products
  2. Complete Roadmap Tasks
  3. File Bugs and Feature Requests
  4. Update the Wiki (documentation)
  5. Hack on OpenWRT (and help port packages)
  6. Make Hacks with Copyleft Hardware (as a platform)
  7. Do Advanced Hacking (CPU, MIPS emulator, Processor SIMD Video Support)
  8. Please email, blog, IRC or tweet if you miss anything...
Join Concepts Platforms

You can say your product is Qi hardware if it has:

  • Copyleft Plans (CC BY-SA): Plans to manufacture the device.
  • Copyleft Software (GPL): Software to use the device and to construct it from the plans.
  • Public Patents (Public Patents): Patents free and clear for technology on the device.

The goal of Qi is to have 100% Copyleft Hardware.

  • Ben NanoNote pocket computer
  • Elphel network video cameras
  • Milkymist One interactive VJ station
  • Xue Milkymist SoC based smart network video cameras
  • SIE XBurst+FPGA hardware hacking board

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