Re: gEDA-user: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 02:45:01PM -0700, Lares Moreau wrote:
> I don't know what everyone is going to think, but here goes.
> 
> I make a living while going to University doing some lightweight electronics
> design / consulting.  In this endevour I do use gEDA.  What I do about this
> propriety issue is thus,  schematics and layouts are for my client only, but

Do you ask more open-minded clients if they don't mind publishing schematics?
Maybe some would.

CL<
> If I need to make a Symbol or Footprint, I'll gladly give those away.  I
> think this is adheres to the spirit while being resonable in the non-utopian
> world.

> 
> Ideally I'd like to post all my work, and allow others to benifit from it,
> but that doesn't allow me to live and be educated.
> 
> -Lares
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:04:43 +0000
> Peter TB Brett <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 14 December 2006 18:47, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> >
> > > > For PCB that might be the same: if you distribute gerber files, you
> > > > distribute the *output* of PCB, which obviously doesn't contain literal
> > > > code from the footprints.  If you distribute a .pcb-file, that is
> > >
> > > What about "derived work"? Isn't a Gerber derived work from the PCB?
> >
> > It is, in the same way that a compiled executable is a derivative work of the
> > source code.
> >
> > Peter
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