Re: gEDA-user: Re: PCB footprint mapping

[Marvin Dickens <marvindickens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bifferos wrote:
> --- kmk <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > 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")
> >     
>
> But not of a proprietry layout.  You'd need the equivalent of a 
> 'runtime exception':
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html
>
> ...although I've no idea what you'd call it here.
>
>   
That is close, but not it. This is a better comparison:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException

Also, if you go through the archives of this mailing list, Yyu will find 
that
this particular subject has been beaten to death on multiple occasions.



Best


Marvin