Open Source Hardware Association

The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) is a non-profit group that advocates for open-source hardware. It aims to act as a hub of open source hardware activity of all genres, while cooperating with other initiatives such as the TAPR Open Hardware License, open-source development groups at CERN, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI).

The OSHWA was established as an organization in June 2012 by engineer Alicia Gibb, who had been working on the Open Hardware Summit during graduate study. After some debate about trademark with the OSI, in 2012 the OSHWA and the OSI signed a co-existence agreement.

In October 2016, OSHWA announced a certification program for open-source hardware, at the Open Hardware Summit in Portland, Oregon.