Homebrew PCBs

"javaguy11111" <javaguy11111@...> writes:
> Interesting, I have used Eagle for many years and have not heard about
> that. 

IIRC it's something new in the latest release; a lot of folks who've
been using Eagle for years upgrade and suddenly find their boards
locked because somewhere in the past they got tainted by a library or
part from a pirated copy of Eagle, passed from friend to friend.
Worse, the taint is contagious - it can get passed to a part that *is*
legal, just because something *else* therein came from a bad source.

So you could have a perfectly legal copy of some library part from a
legitimate source, and still get locked out of your design.

> Do you have any more specifics or links concerning DRM and eagle?

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/3fd8ddbb525a110a/af8c28ff5ccb0e8f?lnk=st&q=eagle+drm#af8c28ff5ccb0e8f