I can be wrong, but, anything that's been designed by an author, has
authorship, and it makes it have copyright.
I understand that for the footprints, and for the schematic symbols,
they will mostly come from IPC/JEDEC or
the datasheet. But even in the work of creating symbol libraries it's
Le 22/03/2012 06:17, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
On 03/21/2012 05:55 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
On 3/21/2012 3:28 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
I used to be able to shorten a wire by dragging its endpoint towards the
opposite end.
I also checked this out while I was checking the tab problem you
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
I would highly recommend to avoid any copyright notices at all. Kicad is
OpenSource and all contributors working in the best meaning of the
OpenSource ideas. Introduction of copyright in any form may have fatal
impact to the future of this wonderful software.
Stop this thread, please!
Martin
Of course I meant licenses other than GPL or Creative Commons. Many of
us are badly affected by the nasty things about ACTA
Martin
Dne 22.3.2012 13:49, Martijn Kuipers napsal(a):
On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Martin wrote:
I would highly recommend to avoid any copyright notices at all.
Both of those work. After using the program for 5 years, I had grown
accustomed to
previous behavior which did not require selecting drag. You could simply
use the wire
tool and back trace over an existing track starting from its end, with a new
track
gesture. This used to shorten
On 03/22/2012 07:32 AM, Martin wrote:
I would highly recommend to avoid any copyright notices at all. Kicad is
OpenSource and all contributors working in the best meaning of the
OpenSource ideas. Introduction of copyright in any form may have fatal
impact to the future of this wonderful
In fact, I think that GPL is a bad license for the libraries kicad
libraries, (authorship details appart...),
In my opinion:
* GPL is perfect for all the *sourcecode of KiCad*, and that must be keept
like that.
* GPL license is bad for the* library parts or footprints* (at least LGPL
or some
On 03/22/2012 06:38 AM, Opendous Support wrote:
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.
Hello,
if we look at what the GEDA guys do/did, I seem to understand that
they licensed everything (software and libraries) under GNU GPL:
https://github.com/bert/gschem-symbols
Word-processor templates for open-source word processors are
open-source tools like LibreOffice could be distributed
There is no universal copyright law accepted worldwide. So what
copyright law? American, japanese, lesothean? Of course, we know the
origin of GPL, everybody can read. The copyright law is in many
countries a set of very stupid rubbish apparently created by
non-computer people. So, before
On 03/22/2012 09:20 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
In fact, I think that GPL is a bad license for the libraries kicad libraries,
(authorship details appart...),
In my opinion:
* GPL is perfect for all the *sourcecode of KiCad*, and that must be keept
like that.
* GPL license is bad
On Mar 22, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
On 03/22/2012 06:38 AM, Opendous Support wrote:
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
Martin
P.S. I am leaving the list. I don't need to be called a fool.
Martin,
Coming into our board room and telling the owners that they should not talk
about
something, a concern raised by a user, obviously did not sit well with me.
I am willing to apologize for my (over) reaction if you
2012/3/22 Dick Hollenbeck d...@softplc.com:
Market share seems to be what we are after?
Market share makes us what again? Proud? Great in the eyes of our
children?
I cannot remember, maybe I never knew.
More people using KiCad, means more free people, since they won't be
tied to
On 03/22/2012 10:06 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
Hello,
if we look at what the GEDA guys do/did, I seem to understand that
they licensed everything (software and libraries) under GNU GPL:
https://github.com/bert/gschem-symbols
Word-processor templates for open-source word processors are
lajos,
Just tried the patch.
Seems to work well up until you hit a scroll bar travel limit, at which point
the pointer
slips relative to the dragging drawing. I found this disconcerting.
Is it desirable and easy to make it work such that the pointer freezes its
directional
travel on the axis
This discussion about the library license is a really interesting
topic, made me think all day.
I just want to put this out there first, so you know where I'm coming
from: when I contribute code or content to an open source project, I
mostly just want to share something I made, that I find
On 03/22/2012 10:06 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
Hello,
if we look at what the GEDA guys do/did, I seem to understand that
they licensed everything (software and libraries) under GNU GPL:
https://github.com/bert/gschem-symbols
Word-processor templates for open-source word processors are
Hi Dick--
Thanks for taking looking at it.
When I worked on this, I looked at the mose wheel + [ctrl | shift]
behavior, which (at least in my build) was also limited to the scroll
bar length. I agree with you however that removing that limit would
work better, I can certainly take a crack at
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
Totally agree with your point:
2) 9 times out of 10, when I have to use a symbol, I have to make my own.
Even if I use a module from the library, I have to check it. It's
better to find out in pcbnew if a footprint doesn't match rather than
after etching and drilling a hundred holes. Just the
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents, from someone who is all *too* familiar
with these types of discussions.
* Libraries and modules distributed with Kicad should be public domain for
maximum flexibility. I would assume Kicad is meant to be used in a
commercial environment and I'd hate to have to
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