Re: gEDA-user: gEDA Suite CD - round 2 - eagle sources

[handsome greg <xdissent@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:17:05 -0800 (PST), Alvin Oga
<alvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> hi ya "handsome"
> 
> > >http://cadsoft.de/download.htm always had the sources, dating back from
> > >almost 2 years ago and their latest version ( 4.13r1 with sources) is about
> > >2 weeks old
> >
> > eagle doesnt have their source available...
> 
> sure they do .. always did as far as i know for at least 2 years
> which is why i use it, cause i have "working sources" with
> that produces boards ( gerbers ) that the fab shops know
> about and will accept as input to them to make the boards
> 
>         - i only care that the fab show accepts the
>         output i can get "for free" or that the silly
>         pcb designer did in some proprietory pcb tool
>         that i can't use/see/edit anymore
>         ( d-i-y is lot better )
> 
> > if they did i wouldnt need
> > a license.key in order to make big circuit boards...
> 
> if you making a "big board" or doing "board design" for a living
> than, that's a different ballgame according to their license
> 
> i do micky mouse pcbs, so license or size issues is not a problem for me
> 
> > and thus i
> > PROBABLY wouldnt have even dug into gEDA.  if you ACTUALLY have the
> > eagle source, by all means please email it to me personally =)
> 
> no .. that is a violation of the license ??
> 
> you can download the sources yourself directly from their "download site"
> 
> and if you have tehir $40? license key, it'd allow you to do any sized
> ( bigger ) boards
> 
> have fun
> alvin
> 


seriously.... thats a binary distribution.  its a closed source project.