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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seth,

There maybe licensing issues involved with this.  OpenCascade is
licensed using LGPL v2.1 not v2.1[1] or later.  LGPL v2.1 is not
compatible with GPL 3[2].  If OpenCascade is willing to change their
license LPGL 2.1 or later or if this is just an oversight on their part,
than I can include this patch.  Please verify the OpenCascade license
with something that I can verify to ensure we are not violating and
licensing terms.

Cheers,

Wayne

[1]: https://www.opencascade.com/content/licensing
[2]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses

On 1/29/2018 1:54 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> ​Hi All-
> 
> Currently, the build requires the opencascade community edition.  For
> various reasons, I need to have the current non-community edition of
> OpenCASCADE installed on my work machine.
> 
> The attached patch allows compiling KiCad with either the OpenCASCADE
> community edition or standard edition.  
> 
> I've tested on a homebrew-based Mac install as well as Linux but haven't
> verified MSW, if someone would be willing to test it there, that would
> be great!  The basic search routines are lightly modified from FreeCAD's
> logic and keep their LGPL copyright on the CMake file.
> 
> -Seth​
> 
> 
> 
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