On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 01:42 +0100, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Peter Clifton wrote: > > >> It is intended that these will be published in Altium format as that > >> is the CAD package of choice for the design process. > > Why not geda in the first place?
I've mentioned some reasons in other emails - I'll let people know if I find out anything concrete. > >> However we will also explore the possibility of publishing the files > >> for one of the Open ECAD packages such as gEDA. > > How would the conversion be performed? Unclear at this point. > >> The BOHL will be modified to encompass this change and the onus will > >> be on organisations that decide to use the Balloon 4 design to make > >> the instantiations they create Open and available for purchase. > > Those who use the schematics are required to make the resulting device > available for purchase? How would this be enforced? That wording did strike me as odd. If I get talking to them, I'll ask about it. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
