Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad main web page - which one?

2012-03-29 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 3/27/2012 6:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Hello, > is it true that this page: > > http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page > > is probably the reference page for kicad users? if not, which one is it? Fabrizio, AFAIK, this is the official user's sight for KiCad and Launchpad is the offi

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few strategy suggestions for the project

2012-03-29 Thread Karl Schmidt
The way I imagine this is some company - TI ferinstance - could be sold on supporting KICAD with a library of all their parts as a common denominator for supplying the libraries to any and all. (the kicad lib would be the library source for commercial packages as well - they would write in house

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few strategy suggestions for the project

2012-03-29 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 29/03/2012 09:53, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Hello guys, > is money coming from companies the only way an open-source project can > be financed with? > > Regards > Fabrizio > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > wrote: >> Hi Dick, I find good that you share all this wi

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few strategy suggestions for the project

2012-03-29 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello guys, is money coming from companies the only way an open-source project can be financed with? Regards Fabrizio On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: > Hi Dick, I find good that you share all this with the project so clearly. > > As far as I understand (please c

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few strategy suggestions for the project

2012-03-29 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
Hi Dick, I find good that you share all this with the project so clearly. As far as I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong) we must be seeking for a project maintainer, and better if it gets funded from some corporation (that would be the best situation). In our case, we're such a little c