[Discuss] Eagle files?

[Mike Dupont]

ok committed and added a shout out to you. sorry for not understanding this
immediatly so the new version 6.2 has support for this file format. that is
good.
I would like to write to the author,

>  You may use this file to implement a program that reads and/or writes
files
 > in the EAGLE File Format. If your program writes files in the EAGLE File
 > Format, these files must be readable by EAGLE version 6.2.0
 > without any error messages or warnings.

The must be readable by is a violation of the basic princlples of free
software which states that the software should be usable for any reason
even the wrong one. there should be no way to make such restrictions via a
creative commons license.

Restrictions on the usage of an file are against the spirit of creative
commons, you can make artwork from the xml and have it be invalid for
example. The author is basically imposing usage restrictions here and it is
not clear if they would even be covered by copyright law....

i will choose to ignore them. thanks,

mike

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> For completeness, here's their "CC By-ND 3.0" licensed "eagle.dtd" that
> defines their XML:
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50854631/OSHW/eagle.dtd
>
> Andrew.
>
>
> On 2012-09-13, at 4:52 PM, Mike Dupont wrote:
>
> ok, now I can add them to the git, thanks alot andrew!
>
> https://github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/Arduino/tree/master/hardware/arduino/schematics/nano/3.0
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes.  Ask someone to open it up in Eagle 6 and "Save As" new files.  That
>> will automagically create them in the new text-based XML format for you to
>> (ab)use as you see fit.
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> On 2012-09-13, at 2:02 PM, Mike Dupont wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>> I am studying my new arduino nano kit, and find the schematics in an
>> binary file that can be read only by non-free software.
>> personally I am offended, is there any way around this?
>> thanks
>> mike
>>
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