On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 09:19:21AM -0400, Bob Paddock wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <k...@lilalaser.de> wrote: > > My proposal to tackle many of the library related issues is the notion > > of packages. These would be data structures that can contain all information > > relevant to an entity us humans like to build electronics from. > > Specifically, > > they may contain > > * symbols > > * footprints > > * simulation models > > * data sheets > > Not clear to me if your proposal means the data sheets are included in > the distributed package? > If so, that most likely runs afoul of the company's copyrights and > would require permission from said copyright owner, for *each* data > sheet.
OK, URL(s) and SHA1 of the data sheet. > I've had to contact legal departments to use information in data > sheets in some of my work, and they've always been happy to grant such > access, > but you still have to go through the time consuming steps. I have done that, too, but only rarely. It's a royal PITA. Do those guys *cough*Marvell*cough* want us to use their parts, or not? - Larry _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user