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Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:51:01 -0500
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On 09/03/2015 10:11 AM, Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> This covers a lot of things that we have been discussing
>
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> https://medium.com/@zakhomuth/disrupting-electronic-design-automation-8988f72299e3

upverter also posted to a list called updates AT lists DOT openhardwaresummit DOT org
about open licensed hardware asking people to use a tool --

  Parts Concierge. It magically creates and verifies your symbols and footprints, enabling you to design with confidence. Offload 
your part creation to Upverter and avoid PCB re-spins due to part errors.

but the license for that "part" (symbol, footprint) is NC, no commercial use allowed.

I think they hook in with tools like Cadence and Mentor and Synopsys -- the video doesn't say -- it shows
a live connection updating when the "part" has been verified.

Maybe a program starts verifying, and the a human at upverter has to read a datasheet and decipher
if the footprint and schematic ports are right.

It seems odd to me how the blog post from the one founder is implying open open open,
and yet the business they do is closed licensed.  At least their file format translators are open on github.com.