There was a conversation in the kicad/librarian discussion area on GitHub at https://github.com/orgs/KiCad/teams/librarians/discussions/16.
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:25 AM Gonçalo Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, thanks for the input. > > On 9 Aug 2019 19:07, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Otavio is correct. Unless manufacturer's decide to start licensing > their spice models under a license that is compatible with our library > license[1] or we create our own clean room versions, there is no way > this is going to happen. Unfortunately, you are just now discovering an > issue that has plagued electronics designer since the beginning of > electronics design. I don't see component manufacturers changing their > way of thinking on this any time soon. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > [1]: http://www.kicad-pcb.org/libraries/license/ > > On 8/9/19 7:54 AM, Otavio Augusto Gomes wrote: > > Hi, > > Turns out there are licensing / patents issues which do not allow the > > distribution of the manufacturers models integrated with KiCad. This > > thread can help you > > https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-ngspice-github-repository/13878/9 > > > > Regards > > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:36 AM Gonçalo Pereira > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I would like to throw in a idea to catch opinions. > > What do you think of including SPICE models in KiCAD libraries? > > That would be not straight forward since sometimes there's more than > > one component variant and so on but in my opinion would make SPICE > > simulation much more straightforward. > > I would like to help implement this if it is considered a good idea. > > > > Best regards, > > Gonçalo Pereira > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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