Brian, On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Brian F. G. Bidulock <bidul...@openss7.org> wrote: > Karl, > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Karl Schmidt wrote: > >> There is a very easy solution to all this - use the LGPL for anything >> that gets distributed with kicad and don't think or talk about it any >> more. - Ever. > > An LGPL work distributed and intended only to work with a GPL work is > derivative of the GPL work (according to the license's own definitions) > and the entirety is therefore subject to the GPL.
This is not an easy statement to read (for me) but it does not seem true, kicad lib components is not a kicad derivative work. Why couldn't lib components be distributed under a difference licence? > > So, why fool anyone into thinking that LGPL applies to anything in Kicad? not sure what you mean. > > Besides, what do you care? Copyright certainly does not apply to printed > circuit boards or designs in the US... not sure what you mean or not sure whether anybody's country of citizenship is relevant here. cheers Fabrizio _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
