Fabrizio, On Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> 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? Read the licenses. > > > > > So, why fool anyone into thinking that LGPL applies to anything in Kicad? > > not sure what you mean. Read the licenses. > > > > > 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. I was repying to Karl, who is in the US judging from his sig line. --brian -- Brian F. G. Bidulock � The reasonable man adapts himself to the � bidul...@openss7.org � world; the unreasonable one persists in � http://www.openss7.org/ � trying to adapt the world to himself. � � Therefore all progress depends on the � � unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw �
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