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

Great work Thomas!

I have reached out to JST (a few months ago now) but have received no
response as yet. I think we should definitely try to chase them up again,
though.

There has also been some effort made towards generating various connector
models via parametric scripts (see
https://github.com/easyw/kicad-3d-models-in-freecad/tree/master/cadquery/FCAD_script_generator
)

However being able to download and distribute official models will save a
LOT of time and effort.

Cheers,
Oliver

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:02 AM, cedric.dewijs@xxxxxxxxxx <
cedric.dewijs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> >----Origineel Bericht----
> >Van : thomas.pointhuber@xxxxxx
> >Datum : 02/08/2016 20:40
> >Aan : kicad-lib-committers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Onderwerp : [Kicad-lib-committers] Company approved usage of their 3d
> models   inside KiCad
> >
> >I contacted the company Würth Electronics (http://www.we-online.de) some
> time ago about using their
> >3D-Models inside KiCad. They answered recently and after a little bit of
> clarification I'm now
> >announcing their positive reply:
> >
> >* They allowed to use their 3D-Models inside KiCad as long as they are
> used for components from
> >Würth Electronic. That means we are not allowed for example to use their
> Models for an SO-8 chip
> >which would be a generic footprint/model. Parts like the Shielding
> Cabinets which I made some time
> >ago are no problem because they are clearly Würth Electronic Components.
> >
> >
> >The original important line of the reply (in German):
> >
> >> So lange unsere STP-Dateien ausschließlich in unseren Libraries
> verwendet werden, haben wir
> >> prinzipiell nichts dagegen einzuwenden, wenn Kunden unsere Bauteile in
> Libraries pflegen.
> >
> >
> >Now we should check how to include external sources without re licencing
> them by mistake under the
> >GPL. Then we could start to use their 3D-Models inside KiCad. I think
> this are great news, and
> >we could also write letters to other companies about using their
> 3D-Models inside KiCad. (Especially
> >JST because there are already 3D-Models from them merged inside KiCad)
> >
> >We should also add a wiki page to document which companies agreed with
> usage of their Models inside
> >KiCad under which conditions.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Thomas
> >
> Hi Thomas,
> Thank you for taking the time to actually contacting Würth. I didn't come
> past the I-should-do-that stage :-)
> Regards,
> Cedric
>
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