Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> "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
>

Thanks for the info. I was not aware of Eagle locking people out of
their designs like that. Especially the issue with parts libraries.