My point of view is not firm yet, other than that I know I am not a communist.
I don't ever see communism working, no where, no how.
So if what we have is communism, this explains why there
are no significant parts in our libraries.
Having attempted to contribute I think it is mostly due to the
Footprints are not subject to copyright either.
They are not creative: ... they are simple data
gathered from JEDEC, IPC and manufacturer sources.
Copyright is designed to protect the original expression of ideas,
and not the ideas themselves. For example, if you take a photograph
of the
As an example of how lawyered-up EDA companies treat libraries,
refer to section 3.1 and 3.2 of the Altium EULA:
http://www.altium.com/products/eula.cfm
Their EULA restricts use of libraries to their products. You cannot
restrict the use of something you do not own so I assume Altium's
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