Re: gEDA-user: Free GNU/Linux hardware design tools

[Stephen Meier <smeier@AlchemyResearch.com>]

EATON,JOHN (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote:

> Companies spend Billions writing software and keep it locked up like it
> was the family jewels. It's sad because there is a lot of obsolete stuff
> out there that would be great to have in the public domain. But there is
> no money in doing that so it will never happen. I wish there were a law that
> said anyone who no longer wanted to support a piece of software that they
> once
> sold to the public was required to release the source into public domain.
>
> John Eaton
>  
>  
Once in the open source domain it becomes the responsibility of it's 
users to enhance, maintain and document. With that in mind I am 
releasing a paper on Land Pattern Design for PCB. After my next round of 
boards makes it into production we will release  land patterns for the 
standard surface mount components  that we use and thus have tested.

For thos of you interested in the document it may be aquired at 
http://www.meierrippin.com/pcb_landpattern_design.pdf

Comments and feedback are more then welcome.

Steve Meier