Hi all,
find attached my correspondance with Toby Howard, licensing manager of
the GPC
library.
Executive Summary:
- GPC will not be released under a GPL or compatible license.
- If we keep GPC in KiCad, we have to note in the software (not just
in the
source code) that a separate license applies for part of KiCad.
- KiCad users must obtain a commercial license of GPC if they choose
to use
KiCad with included GPC for commercial purposes, e.g. create a commercial
PCB.
Hence, keeping GPC would imply _serious_ licensing problems, far
beyond just
being marked as "non-free".
I say we drop GPC as soon as possible or create a free and a non-free
branch
of KiCad.
Jean-Pierre, could you please comment on this - I haven't heard
anything from
you regarding this yet...
