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Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] fpd 4.0 mac / open source finally

From: Scott Deyo <contact@...>
Date: 2010-04-19

I'm just very pleased that I no longer have a reason to keep a PC around!

To use FPD for third-party manufacturing, you're supposed to pay a licensing fee, I think, which makes good business sense for them. I should see if my metal fabbers would use FPD files. I do like FPD for CADs, but the finish, graphics and cost throw me off, though the cost is not bad for a one-off, really. Still, Julian is less expensive. 

Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
Jealous Edison Record Kompany




On Apr 18, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Samppa Tolvanen wrote:

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Joe Miklojcik <jfm3@...> wrote:
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>
>
> Many times people mistake "Open Source" to mean "runs on Linux ∗AND∗
> MacOS." Nothing could be further from the truth. I often go to
> people who make this mistake and tell them politely what they got
> wrong about the phrase "Open Source". They usually then tell me that
> it's not like "Open Source" is a clearly defined term in the first
> place. Of course, it ∗is∗ a clearly defined term.
>
> http://www.opensour ce.org/docs/ osd
>
> I sincerely hope there's a source release of FPD 4.0. Think of how
> much more business those companies would do if FPD came included with
> every major Linux distribution?
>

Hmm.. I never thought it that way. I was thinking how much losses it
would make? People making a font driver better than for the included
Autocad fonts and making export to DXF possible.. way baby, they could
even include FPD export or even printing solution to use with other OS
applications.

Samppa