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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It might be easier to agree on a policy for projects where they provide
KiCad design files, and figure out the policy for ones where they don't
later.

Cut the problem in half, and tackle the easy one :)

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
Wayne and Layne

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>
> On 11/3/2015 5:09 AM, Javier Serrano wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> I know it's noisy but I want developer input on this as well as website
> >> developer input.  I think the developers have a right to know how their
> >> work is being used and have a say in it.  The CERN folks may want some
> >> say on this as well and I'm not sure they see the website mailing list
> >> stuff.
> >
> > Hi, if I understand well the debate is not really about how we allow
> > our work to be used, but rather about what to host or link to in the
> > website and the conditions thereof. As to the former, by including a
> > GPL2+ or GPL3+ header in our sources we agree that they be used in any
> > way which complies with those licenses. As to the latter, I have no
> > strong opinion on the subject, and will agree with whatever you guys
> > decide. I do have a slight preference for not requiring funding in
> > exchange of linking because that could open a can of worms. For
> > instance, we could be faced with a situation where a project we don't
> > want to advertise (for whatever reason) expects linking just because
> > they funded KiCad development.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Javier
> >
>
> I'm not requiring funding.  I'm just throwing it out as an option for
> commercial products to get on the "Made with KiCad" page without
> mentioning KiCad on there website.  We need to have some show of good
> faith that a board was actually designed with KiCad.  If the company
> that produced that board with KiCad is not willing to at least state
> publicly that they used KiCad (something like the "powered by Apache
> logo") to design the board, we shouldn't be in the business of giving
> them free advertising.  It also puts the burden of proof that they used
> KiCad on them.  In other words, they are making the claim.  Not us.  I
> can foresee a situation where someone claims that there board was design
> with KiCad to get some open source/hardware good will when in fact they
> didn't use KiCad.  This puts KiCad in a potentially embarrassing
> situation that I would like to avoid.  There would be no expectation of
> funding.  Only an expectation of good will.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
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