Re: [Kicad-developers] License question

2021-11-16 Thread Steven A. Falco
Ok - just to confirm, I will use the settings I showed below for the nightlies for the upcoming 6.x packages. I will leave the 5.x series as AGPLv3+ etc., since that matches the LICENSE.README file in the 5.1 sources. Thanks for confirming. Steve On 11/16/21 02:37 PM, Wayne Stambaugh

Re: [Kicad-developers] License question

2021-11-16 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Steven, I don't remember the 3D model or documentation licensing changing. The source license did change from AGPLv3+ to GPLv3+. Cheers, Wayne On 11/16/21 11:17 AM, Steven A. Falco wrote: As we get close to releasing 6.x builds, I'd like to make sure our packages specify the correct lic

[Kicad-developers] License question

2021-11-16 Thread Steven A. Falco
As we get close to releasing 6.x builds, I'd like to make sure our packages specify the correct license terms. As of now, for Fedora, here is what we have. Version 5.1.12: === Main package = AGPLv3+ 3D Models = CC-BY-SA 4.0 with exception documentation = GPLv3+ or CC-BY-3.0+ Night

Re: [Kicad-developers] License question

2018-08-22 Thread Steven A. Falco
Thanks for the explanation. The package I produced for Fedora indicates GPLv3 or later, and based on what you said, it sounds like that is the correct license for the overall product. Steve On 08/22/2018 06:04 AM, Javier Serrano wrote: > I forgot to link to an initiative from FSFE for

Re: [Kicad-developers] License question

2018-08-22 Thread Javier Serrano
I forgot to link to an initiative from FSFE for those interested in best practices for documenting the licence of Free and Open Source projects: https://reuse.software/ Cheers, Javier On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Javier Serrano < javier.serrano.par...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, some co

Re: [Kicad-developers] License question

2018-08-22 Thread Javier Serrano
Hi Steve, some comments inlined below: On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 4:13 PM, Steven A. Falco wrote: > I'm packaging KiCad for Fedora. The web page: http://kicad-pcb.org/about/ > licenses/ states that KiCad is GPLv3 or greater. Yet, the source files > (for example eeschema/edit_bitmap.cpp) still say

[Kicad-developers] License question

2018-08-08 Thread Steven A. Falco
I'm packaging KiCad for Fedora. The web page: http://kicad-pcb.org/about/licenses/ states that KiCad is GPLv3 or greater. Yet, the source files (for example eeschema/edit_bitmap.cpp) still say GPLv2 or greater. I know it is a huge hassle to go through all the source files and update them to