On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Martijn Kuipers <martijn.kuip...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Awesome work! > > On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostow...@cern.ch> > wrote: > > On 09/18/2013 09:48 PM, Miguel Angel wrote: > > Just one question, what's the license for GAL/geometry/tool framework?. > > GPL V2. Only the router (pcbnew/router/*) is V3. > > No Tom, it's GPLv2+ as the rest of KiCad. And the router is GPLv3+, not V3. > > Kicad has the following license (copyright.txt) > Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as KiCad > is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not > v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. > > The headers in all files are GPLv2+, and that's what counts legally. I think copyright.txt is misleading and should probably be changed. I discussed extensively with Dick, Wayne and Jean-Pierre about this, and we agreed that v3+ is OK for the router. > Unfortunately GPLv3+ code is not compatible with GPLv2 code (not to mix > with GPLv2+, which it is compatible with). > At least that is my understanding from: > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html > (Interesting text is just below the diagram). > > Now, I am no license freak, but as this popped up, I thought I'd mention > it. > > Please let this not distract you from your KiCad work :-) > Agreed. Tom, Orson, congratulations! This is amazing work. Cheers, Javier
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