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Hello Dick, Martijn, Edwin

We have not modified/bug-fixed/enhanced the KiCad source code. We have only
used the binary version (installable through Ubuntu package manager for
Ubuntu and the .exe file for Windows available on the KiCad webpg). We are
using KiCad as the schematic editor and layout editor tool in Oscad. We
mention that in our documents as well. In fact, in our tutorial series, we
have made 4 tutorials on KiCad. We refer to them in our Oscad tutorial for
the users to know more about schematic creation and PCB design. We have 3
tutorials on Oscad. All these tutorials are available on our webpage
oscad.in .
 We only call eeschema, pcbnew and cvpcb using a script and launch them.
All our scripts are available on the webpage. Requesting you to kindly
check the same.

Kindly let us know of any issues/concerns/feedback.

Thanks and regards
Rakhi
Oscad Team


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07/01/2013 07:31 AM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Martijn Kuipers <
> martijn.kuipers@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:martijn.kuipers@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Just wondering if you (the OSCAD team) made any changes to KiCAD. I
> went to your site,
> >     but was unable to find any source code to do a comparison.
> >
> >     So, my question is: did you do any enhancement/bug-fixing/changed to
> KiCAD code ?
> >
> >     Were any of "our" main debs aware of OSCAD launching? It seemed to
> me to come out of
> >     the blue...
> >
> >     Kind regards,
> >     Martijn
> >
> >
> > I have never heard of this.
> > Furthermore, no source code, not even a link to the KiCAD sources on the
> website.
> > Looks like somebody made a closed binary installer/distribution and
> forgot who is doing
> > most of the work.
> > I think this is a bad development, not the way to help the project or
> the users of KiCAD.
> > Greetings,
> > Edwin van den Oetelaar
>
>
> Thanks Edwin, let's all keep an eye on this relative to the GPLv2
> licensing requirements.
>
> if( distribute_code )
> {
>         ........
>         // read the damn license, do what it says
> }
>
> Their stated intentions seem to comply, while their actions are not in
> obvious compliance.
> Help monitoring this is appreciated.
>
>
>
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