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[Ouabache Designworks <z3qmtr45@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:52 PM, Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Am 06.02.2018 um 07:15 schrieb Andrey Kuznetsov:
> > KiCad is open source.
>
> That doesn't prevents you from being trapped by patent trolls etc. So
> the concerns of Ouabache Designworks becomes more serious that KiCad is
> getting more popular.
>
> > Last thing we need is to spend resources on legalize and trademark shit
> > we give away.
>
> Sure, such work nobody really needs or want.
> But the more KiCad is growing the more there is a need to keep all the
> various corners together in e efficient way. And this will taking
> resources mostly at a time you don't want to spend energy on it. So it's
> not a bad thing to think about possible problems in the future now.
>
> --
> Regards
> Carsten Schoenert
>
> Yes, Look at the Risc-v folks. They are open source but they have a
non-profit foundation set up
to deal with vision,managing ,fund raising etc. The Kicad name is becoming
valuable and you need
to protect it.


John Eaton