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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding the GPL stuff, see:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-product-committers/kicad/product/view/head:/COPYRIGHT.txt

Especially the top.

2015-02-20 1:05 GMT+01:00 Javier Serrano <javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Anyone know on the KiCAD GPLv2 mixing with GPLv3 code?
>
> To complement Cirilo's answer: most of KiCad's source is GPL2+ (i.e.
> "GPL2 or later"). The push and shove router including the upcoming
> diff pair and length control/matching support is GPL3+. The '+' in
> "GPL2+" is important. That's what allows linking the GPL2+ and GPL3+
> bits. The same argument applies to the '+' in "GPL3+" and future code
> which could get released under future versions of GPL.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
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