Re: gEDA-user: uEDA .. was .. Re: Heavy Symbols and such

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 20:11 -0500, al davis wrote:

> You could invent a new syntax, but there is no precedent for its 
> use in this area, so you are on your own.  Pick one that people 
> are already using, we get support from people who are using it, 
> including some EDA researchers who would love to be able to use 
> gEDA.....  (and have actually asked me about a way to do this, 
> that isn't "open access" which isn't really open).

On numerous occasions CAD vendors / industry associations of various
types have "stolen" "our" word "open", and used it as marketing hype for
their non-open pay-only, restrictive licensed software club... I wonder
if this actually gets them anything useful, or whether is just serves to
annoy those using the "original" definition of "open" for open source.

-- 
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!)



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