Quoting "Lars Ræder Clausen" <[email protected]>:
I have pondered dumping an SVG representation of each shape into the .dia file, mainly for allowing rendering without having to reimplement e.g. the UML classes.
This sounds like a very good idea! Esp. if people use some custom shapes or sth. from the shapes repository they never can be sure whether co-workers have the same stuff installed. It would also make free the way to remove objects or shapes from dia in the long run (e.g. if they are in a bad state and unmaintained), without leaving users with unrepresentable files.
It does open some IP issues, such as whether the SVG rendering of a GPLed shape can be used in a non-GPL program.
Maybe the authors of current shapes and objects would have to agree, that the SVG representation be used for diagrammes under public domain. I would probably agree for "my" objects and shapes (some UML, some network, all renewable energy). _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
