On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com> wrote:
> Welcome Gaganjyot! Sounds like you've definitely come to the right place. <snip> > That's outstanding to hear. Thankyou :-) > Is there a reason you wouldn't want to continue working with them again this > year? There is a Licensing issue between LibreDWG and CAD softwares such as FreeCAD and LibreCAD. LibreDWG is using GPLv3/3+ where as LibreCAD v2 is strictly under GPLv2. LibreCAD v2's license can't be change since it was a fork of QCAD. This time I am working on LibreCAD v3 and since its a complete rewrite we will be having own license which would avoid such issues in future and this way we will be able to integrate LibreDWG into LibreCAD v3 if required. > That's an excellent experience vitae you shared. Glad to have you working > with us. Be sure to include relevant experience in your proposal. Thankyou very much. That motivates me :-) > Unlikely BRL-CAD if only due to the license (GPL is a no-go), but also > because it's just a terrible format. This is basically like the .doc vs > .docx situation all over again. I'm of the opinion that we're much better > off in the long term and as a community investing in STEP and other open > formats. Exactly! Someone needs to reverse engineer the DWG just for reading it and then it could be exported to some other format. Personally I am happy with the STEP format very much. > If we can seamlessly exchange data amongst ourselves, and import open formats > better than the proprietary engines, our users will be better off in the long > run. Agreed on this :-) [0] http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf -- Thanks Gaganjyot http://codeify.wordpress.com "Jai Sai Naath" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list brlcad-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
