On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:30:57PM -0700, Andy Peters wrote: > On Dec 13, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Michael Sokolov wrote: > > >Andy Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Just to clarify: if I use GPLed or BSD-licensed tools to develop > >>hardware, as well as using GPLed symbols/footprints, am I obligated > >>to open-source the hardware design (the schematic, the PCB layout)? > > > >The tools do not impose this obligation, but your morality should. > > > >>Common sense says no, but the degrees of freedom (hah hah) in open- > >>source licenses vary greatly, and if I cannot keep my designs > >>proprietary, then I can't use the tools. > > > >Regardless of what tools you use, if you keep your designs proprietary > >you are a bad guy and will burn in hell after you die (which may be > >accelerated if you get tried and rightfully executed by a lynch mob > >for > >your crime of withholding software source code and/or hardware designs > >from The People). > > Except my employer, and any freelance clients for whom I work, would > object, in the strongest possible (read: legal) terms, if I were to > simply give away, to anyone who asks, the work for which they pay me. > > I realize that open source is a religious matter for some, but guess > what: I work for a living. And when you're doing hardware design, > where the capital costs of a project can be quite high (gotta buy > parts, make and stuff PCBs, build enclosures, meet applicable safety > specs, etc), as opposed to software development where the costs are > in time alone, the notion of giving away a completed, ready-to-build > design is silly.
Now I understand why free software developer always give away incomplete work :) CL< > > It's hard to tell if you're yankin' my chain (thus earning Larry's > Score: +5, Funny) or not. > > -a > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
