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[Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne-

My reading of your links is different.  Here's the relevant quote:

"GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 (#LGPLv2.1) This is
the previous version of the LGPL: a free software license, but not a strong
copyleft license, because it permits linking with nonfree modules. It is
compatible with GPLv2 and GPLv3."

Did I miss something?

-Seth

2018-01-29 11:18 GMT-08:00 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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