On 12/15/2015 5:13 PM, "Torsten Hüter" wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > thank you very much for your efforts. I'm guessing that this is not an easy > topic and takes thus more time. > Hopefully a good solution can be found this way.
As soon as I hear back from the FSF, I will forward the license to the website devs for inclusion on our website and as part of the library repo. > > Maybe it makes then sense to announce this change on the KiCad homepage, I > could also imagine to add a definition of the "audience" - just like on the > FreeCad homepage. > > Quote from http://www.freecadweb.org/: > > "[..] > Who is FreeCAD for? A couple of user cases: > The home user/hobbyist. > Got yourself a project you want to build, have built, or 3D printed? Model it > in FreeCAD. No previous CAD experience required. Our community will help you > get the hang of it quickly! > > The experienced CAD user. > If you use commercial CAD or BIM modeling software at work, you will find > similar tools and workflow among the many > workbenches[http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/?title=Workbenches] of FreeCAD. > [..]" > > Thanks, > Torsten > >> I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I did not forget about >> our library license issue. I sent a modified version of the gEDA symbol >> library (GPL font exception) to the FSF for comment on November 20. I >> received a reply that they are looking at and will get back to me. I'm >> not sure what is taking so long but as I'm not a lawyer, I would rather >> get some feedback before making it public. As soon as I hear back from >> the FSF and we have an acceptable license, I will forward the license to >> the library and website devs. Who knows, if I did a good enough job, >> maybe I can start my second career as lawyer. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
