[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

David G Dixon dixon at mail.ubc.ca
Fri Sep 2 20:23:08 CEST 2011


> > Changing PCB software due to political reasons?! Thats a hard core 
> > thing to do! Kind of funny! :)
> 
> Openness of software is a political issue, just like freedom 
> of press, anti-trust regulations, universal suffrage, etc. 
> People haven't realised it yet because software is a recent 
> addition to our lives.

But the difference is that someone has to create that software, and that
person has the right to seek compensation for his work.  If all software
were free, there would be precious little software, because most people
don't work for nothing.




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