On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 15:01 +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Peter Clifton wrote: > > Unpacking the container format, separating out individual footprints > > from a library, identifying most of the binary record types within those > > footprints. It would take time and examples to verify we can know the > > meaning of each field in the format, but that is only a time + effort > > job. > > Cool. Any chance, you can fan out part of the job to volunteeers? Possibly. The caveats is that it requires access to a copy of Altium, and a LOT of patience ;). > > I'll get hold of the guys I was working for and see if I can make a > > preliminary release of the findings made. (This was all done in the > > support of gEDA anyway). > > What was the plan for the final product? Any license strings attached, > that would prevent distribution by super correct distros like Debian? It was being done in general support of gEDA, sponsored by an outfit who use Altium to make open hardware, but wanted a path to start making things with gEDA as well. The intention was to release the work under an appropriate open license, probably some version of GPL / LGPL, or both, depending on how the final code was structured. > ---<)kaimartin(>--- > > >> PS: Why did none of my todays posts hit the list, yet? (While others seem > >> to have no problem to get through within minutes) > > Any answers to this one? Not a clue. Mailman fail? -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)
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