That is useful information
I wonder what the fee is ?
>
> 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
> contact@...
> The Bridechamber
> www.bridechamber.com
> Jealous Edison Record Kompany
> www.jealousedison.com
>
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>
>
> On Apr 18, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Samppa Tolvanen wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Joe Miklojcik <jfm3@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.opensource.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
> >
> >
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