Re: gEDA-user: Re: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

2006-12-16 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 11:51:27AM -0800, Stephen Williams wrote: Karel Kulhavy wrote: On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 02:56:53PM -0800, Stephen Williams wrote: Michael Sokolov wrote: On some rare occasions a paid client will have me develop some piece of software or firmware that would

Re: gEDA-user: Re: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

2006-12-15 Thread David Kuehling
Stephen == Stephen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe deceiving for a material profit is a criminal act, but deceiving for a public benefit is not illegal. Well, where I live (USA) theft is theft, no matter what the motive. If I rob a bank and give all the money to a church or a

Re: gEDA-user: Re: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

2006-12-14 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 02:56:53PM -0800, Stephen Williams wrote: Michael Sokolov wrote: On some rare occasions a paid client will have me develop some piece of software or firmware that would actually have value to humanity. On those rare occasions I always ensure that the work gets

gEDA-user: Re: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

2006-12-13 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:28:34 +, Peter TB Brett wrote: - IMHO footprints or symbols should be distributed under the GPL license - If they are, the copyright owner should provide an exception applying to schematics and layouts using them. Ack. Fonts are to text, what a footprint

gEDA-user: Re: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

2006-12-13 Thread Stephen Williams
Michael Sokolov wrote: On some rare occasions a paid client will have me develop some piece of software or firmware that would actually have value to humanity. On those rare occasions I always ensure that the work gets open-sourced, if necessary without the client's knowledge. Other times I