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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Stop playing stupid political games with gEDA
From:	"Edward Hennessy (ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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> On Oct 1, 2015, at 6:44 PM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> With gEDAhead this problem is gone. gEDAhead welcomes everybody. 50
> members are good, 100 are better and when it reaches the 1000, corcs
> will pop.

What gEDAhead is trying to achieve here?

When someone creates a fork and takes a project in a different direction, great. If the new project dumps Guile and updates to GTK+3.0, I’ll switch. (Actually, I’d switch if the project only did one of the two. Sticking with Gtk+2 is a bitter pill for me and off topic.) However, I believe this new launchpad site has created brand confusion.

To put this in perspective, I’ve used gEDA tools as a secondary source of income. I’ve designed PCBs, that if a commercial tool was used, would not have made a profit. Others use gEDA as a primary source of income. We absolutely need to take into account, these people that can be impacted in the wallet (or purse), when we make changes.

I don’t disagree with the fork, but rebrand the new product. Call it gEDA++ or uberEDA. Tell the user that the product is a fork. Just don’t cause the confusion.

By causing the confusion, we are not being honest with our customer. It won’t matter how many developers are working if we have no customers.

Ed

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