> > After that, people who contribute new symbols/fottprints/models should > make copyright and license notices part of that submission, exactly as for > source code.
This is going to be very burdensome - it is already quite a lot of work to submit symbols / footprints against the KLC (KiCad Library Convention). Requiring users to add license files will: a) Bloat the libraries b) Be beyond the ability or patience of most contributors. I would strongly prefer an approach that essentially says "If you contribute to the library, the symbols / footprints will be placed under the existing license available in the LICENSE file." I had been operating under the assumption that we only had to consider the license that applies to library data AFTER they have been accepted into the library. Allowing per-file licensing is going to be a real mess. Oliver On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Javier Serrano < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Oliver Walters < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Cirilo, >> >> Can we stipulate as part of the license file that any contributors agree >> implicitly that their generated models are released as public domain? i.e. >> don't require explicit release from every contributor, as it is inherent to >> the library LICENSE? >> >> a) If you contribute model / footprint / symbol to KiCad libraries, they >> can be distributed in accordance with [whatever license we choose here] >> >> b) KiCad assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the model data >> >> c) Library data may be shared freely* >> >> * Here "freely" is the current source of contention. I am all for having >> as permissive a license as possible - I don't see any benefit from locking >> the library down. >> > > I don't think we need to invent anything new here. Just agree on a > licence: CC0, CC-BY-SA or GPL with addenda, etc. We could also decide to > accept a set of licenses. Then contributors who submit a model with a > different license don't get their model merged. This is how the source code > part of KiCad operates (except it is not seen because to the best of my > knowledge there has been no conflict so far), without the need of a > separate agreement. I don't see a reason to do otherwise here. The only > difference wrt the source code part is we are now starting from a situation > where the copyright and licensing notices need to be filled for some past > work. After that, people who contribute new symbols/fottprints/models > should make copyright and license notices part of that submission, exactly > as for source code. > > Cheers, > > Javier >
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