Re: gEDA-user: Draft Licence for Open Source Hardware published (OT)

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I think that the proper place to resolve this issue is in the
> > actual *licenses,* which as with OSS may vary from permissive to
> > restrictive. ÂI'd like to see the evolution of at least one OSHW
> > license where a requirement is that the design files for the
> > project-- and its derivative works --need to be in open,
> > documented formats.
> 
> Keep dreaming, bro.  Maybe when gEDA reaches 1/10th the
> functionality/usability of say Protel.

You can have an open documented format for a proprietary EDA tool.  I
don't see what gEDA has to do with anything in that comment.

And you don't have to be a dreamer to write a license that has
whatever terms you want in it.


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