[Discuss] Eagle files?

Mike Dupont jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com
Fri Sep 14 05:37:56 UTC 2012


I removed that file again. I asked for an opinion on creative commons
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/2012-September/007868.html

"It's certainly non-free, but that doesn't make it invalid - it just
means you can't use it in the way you want to."

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Mike  Dupont
<jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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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