The .plb files that the viewer takes in are text encoded files.  Would
it be possible to write scripts that take them for source and spit out
pcb footprints?  I don't what license that would have either and how
that would affect using them in GPL'd or CC designs.
James

On 12/14/05, David Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I use the IPC-7351 Land Pattern Viewer (available at
> http://landpatterns.ipc.org/default.asp - runs on windows only, so sad)
> to create my footprints, what license is involved? The license is
> displayed when you install the IPC-7351 Land Pattern Viewer, but it
> refers only to the IPC-7351 Land Pattern Viewer, not to the libraries
> that you are viewing.
>
> The IPC-7351 Land Pattern Viewer is simply displaying a recommendation
> for my footprint, which I may modify if I wish. It is not providing me
> with a library of components.
>
> The IPC-7351 Land Pattern Viewer is identified as "shareware". This is
> clearly not GPL licensed, but what license would be applied to any
> library I create?
>
> TIA
>
> Dave "head hurts" Hart...
>
>

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