Preview of the 3D library (working closely with Rene and Maurice, this is coming together nicely).
https://github.com/KiCad/packages3D On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Javier Serrano < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 11:55 PM, Cirilo Bernardo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That depends on what you mean by 'free'. If the output is Public Domain >> then >> anyone can use it for whatever purpose they like and have no obligations. >> > > Strictly speaking, I don't think we can actually put a creation of the > type typically covered by copyright in the public domain. Copyright kicks > in by default in most jurisdictions. Public domain is what happens when > something is *not* subject to copyright. This can be because the law of a > particular country says so, like in the case of US Government works [1] or, > in the case of work of "normal" individuals, when copyright has expired. > The closest to public domain you can get for things like images is a CC0 > license [2]. It says that you waive your rights under copyright law but > only "to the extent allowed by law." > > So CC0 is definitely an option, and so is CC-SA if you want people who > modify symbols/footprints/etc and publish the results, to do so under the > same licensing. In that case, we need an additional statement clarifying > that this obligation does not extend to the whole schematics/layout and > other composite works. > > Cheers, > > Javier > > [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105 > [2] https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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