> Maybe the safest thing to do with their footprint spec files is to > just distribute the Perl prog without the derived footprint files, and > let individual users do their own symbol ripping.
I hope you're prepared to have the Free-Dog meetings at Club-Fed so that I can attend :-) Providing a tool whose *only* function is to munge files that have copyright protection may not be a good idea. > As for your own footprints, naming them using IPC7351 nomenclature > is a good idea IMO. Also, putting the mfr name as a suffix makes > sense to me. > > It's not clear to me that the IPC7351 standard requires the footprints > named according to their convention to also use exactly the > dimensional data they specify. Any thoughts about that? It seems like there are three levels of pad dimensions (at least for most footprints). For most situations I would think that you would be able to pick a suitable footprint using the IPC7351 dimensions. The suffix should be rare. (* jcl *)
