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[Jonas Diemer <diemer@...>]

Hi,

Am Sonntag, 4. Mai 2008 07:49:37 schrieb Dick Hollenbeck:
> Have we also considered the possibility that the copyright holder(s) to
> the problem library could be persuaded to change their license?

That would be an option (although I am not too optimistic from what I have 
found on the web). At leaset we should ask for clarification of their 
license, i.e.

- Does "non-commercial use" mean use in a non-commercial project, e.g. a 
GPL-software? 
-Or does it mean for non-commercial purpose, e. g. a hobbyist PCB design as 
opposed to a commercial PCB?

- If the latter, we need to persuade them to change that :-)

- If the former, we need to have that clarification (and maybe other things?) 
written down, so the license becomes OSI/GPL-compatible.

Who should contact the GPC guys (Alan Murta (author) and Toby Howard (license 
manager) on behalf of the KiCad community? I would volunteer, if you guys 
find it appropriate.

- Jonas