X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=28b/XfiVFoHEyu1NlsZYgTqjrwFNYqAh7iI7wgywZe4=; b=NASCpn2sTHKjCZfI7G7MiOUcCpaT39AuYIFN6XFcA3BSgcuaeaVjfD4RpyYhuhksR3 lvD58V0j0ndolpD4K+X1CPsi9NVqOLSoYVUgZ+4EH7/Ji/xKUtyEMo+ekGjYVVg8W4bh rk72xe4heSmNwBUMz5UdAvszUQLHbU47Df8c+rGTKhTQIDNDhPtzrA48M/kffEpW1Kfd V+wfujvCvgS8D1IT5dT5vpAbpyZ2Ot3uhDkC0yqqjwc26t1zLt3T9A4iVK07oJmClRRW I1MwQY1RicmbOJfmdW9FRUhLg1MWP99ZdIIe+UVDHQKThseqzxSEn6FiuhP75IeakiIo bPZw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.81.202 with SMTP id c10mr10922505oey.61.1450783538301; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:25:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151222114656.bad6e820e2520333a264d2eb@gmail.com> References: <20151221030451 DOT 02399163eb3e40f21c622c41 AT gmail DOT com> <20151221203331 DOT 20837 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <20151222002012 DOT a88d7fe32a9336855eccd1d0 AT gmail DOT com> <201512220412 DOT tBM4CJxb018546 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <20151222114656 DOT bad6e820e2520333a264d2eb AT gmail DOT com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:25:38 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] ... New Hierarchical Data Structure? (Spend money on ISO documents) From: "Peter Clifton (petercjclifton AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: gEDA User Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b417c3d7251ca05277add27 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --047d7b417c3d7251ca05277add27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 My copy is somewhat out of date, but yes - I bought a copy when I was more actively developing for PCB. The money to purchase the standard was donated directly to me by two users of gEDA who wished to support the development effort. It was the 3D data exchange aspects of the standard I was using, and it was hugely worthwhile. I'll admit, the 3D interchange portions of STEP, for which it is most widely known are highly adopted as industry standard. AP210 is not currently. Peter > We might wish that in some ideologically better world, that it had been > developed and licenced in a way that makes it open and redistributible, but > this is not reality. If we are allowed to write GPL software that follow the standard it could be used. It is however a problem each person need to buy their own copy and we can't share the documents. I am currenlty unemployed and unwilling to spend money on the documents. Do we have anyone else here willing to spend money on the documents? Nicklas Karlsson --047d7b417c3d7251ca05277add27 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

My copy is somewhat out of date, but yes - I bought a copy when I was more actively developing for PCB.

The money to purchase the standard was donated directly to me by two users of gEDA who wished to support the development effort.

It was the 3D data exchange aspects of the standard I was using, and it was hugely worthwhile.

I'll admit, the 3D interchange portions of STEP, for which it is most widely known are highly adopted as industry standard. AP210 is not currently.

Peter

> We might wish that in some ideologically better world, that it had been
> developed and licenced in a way that makes it open and redistributible, but
> this is not reality.

If we are allowed to write GPL software that follow the standard it could be used. It is however a problem each person need to buy their own copy and we can't share the documents.

I am currenlty unemployed and unwilling to spend money on the documents. Do we have anyone else here willing to spend money on the documents?


Nicklas Karlsson
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