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gEDA-user: Re: PCB footprint mapping
Dan McMahill wrote:
> - what about selling a proprietary layout? pcb embeds the footprint
> in the .pcb file so can I offer a .pcb file for sale to someone if the
> footprints are GPL? Probably not.
The GPL explicitly allows reselling:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney
(I guess, this is the reason why John Luciani insist on the "No fee
license")
> - desire to promote free footprint libraries to work with our free
> layout tool
ack. The libs are really an indispensable part of the tool set. If they
were proprietary with a relevant fee it would smell like "Give away
printers and cash in for the ink."
Just my 2cents
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