Re: gEDA-user: Opensymbol library

[John Griessen <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Clifton wrote:
> Has anyone seen this site?
> 

> We get bad press!
> 
http://freelabs.com/~whitis/opensymbol/#id2509420
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> Due to poorly conceived standards, limitations of the gschem package
> itself, and GPL fanaticism, these symbols are not usable. 
> 
>       * GPL license prevents most commercial uses 
[jg] LGPL is the license, right?


>       * Gschem schematic symbols are based on a preposterous 0.3" pin
>         spacing. 

Oh, I wouldn't call it preposterous, but, yeah, I like smaller text and
spacings as a default... thus my jgboxsym script tweaked from djboxsym.


>       * gschem doesn't support pinswapping information,
Wart.


>       * gschem does not support demorgan equivalents. 

[jg]Does he want negation bubble to mean a slice of an inverter package of 6?
There are so many possibilities here...

>         
>       * gschem makes the user act as janitor

Well, maybe some of that could be encapsulated in symbols...
I think it's the light heavy debate though...


>       * Does not handle power pins properly.
[jg]Power pins seem a style point
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It's a gEDA wart list again!

John Griessen


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