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Re: Oscad an EDA tool

 

Thanks.
This will certainly clear a lot of confusion.

Regards,
Martijn
On Jul 2, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Oscad Team <oscad.team@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> Could you have a look at our homepage oscad.in ? We have added links to KiCad and elaborated on the features.
> Let us know your feedback.
> 
> Regards
> Oscad Team
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers <martijn.kuipers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Jul 1, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Oscad Team <oscad.team@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 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 for the clarification. Like I said in my email, it was not clear to me and I couldn't find it on your website. Please forgive me for not looking at all the tutorials. I did not even find a weblink to the KiCad site.
> 
> Perhaps you could better explain this on your site ? Anyway, if you ever hunt down some bugs, please send them back to KiCad-dev list.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Martijn
> 
>> 
>> 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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