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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Preview of the 3D library (working closely with Rene and Maurice, this is
coming together nicely).

https://github.com/KiCad/packages3D

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Javier Serrano <
javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 11:55 PM, Cirilo Bernardo <
> cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> That depends on what you mean by 'free'. If the output is Public Domain
>> then
>> anyone can use it for whatever purpose they like and have no obligations.
>>
>
> Strictly speaking, I don't think we can actually put a creation of the
> type typically covered by copyright in the public domain. Copyright kicks
> in by default in most jurisdictions. Public domain is what happens when
> something is *not* subject to copyright. This can be because the law of a
> particular country says so, like in the case of US Government works [1] or,
> in the case of work of "normal" individuals, when copyright has expired.
> The closest to public domain you can get for things like images is a CC0
> license [2]. It says that you waive your rights under copyright law but
> only "to the extent allowed by law."
>
> So CC0 is definitely an option, and so is CC-SA if you want people who
> modify symbols/footprints/etc and publish the results, to do so under the
> same licensing. In that case, we need an additional statement clarifying
> that this obligation does not extend to the whole schematics/layout and
> other composite works.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>
> [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105
> [2] https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
>
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