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=gmail.com; s=20120113;
        h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version
         :content-type:content-transfer-encoding;
        bh=2aB4h0M6LzBanHidjQlM1pOfHYuz22fKat3C7j8FIVk=;
        b=J8kQCZSnkV8PwPZBWMuS3rIhhq3J/HzGu7XAnAQzkFUiy9Yke9JtgcHZbgMmWQrbNJ
         l2QDt/S1ap/KV/KLh6rLe1S+ldpe8NICzr+hQI8cUZ97NciDEbzCw1sl9LyL7Gl1GR+R
         +sZ/cHrvNB5LfZH4n15io6Ig+6fDV+KaaKnVNH89u0h0/U7cl9FrrAG3bHqRlLfVd6xd
         1VLLTDC9rtxKbW0zgXOClnVfTgZGTSdOSJ5lQeZWq5TCGuppCSxlKjhB5qtHU1cAJnFa
         yiA/TgDp+l86CnERcvRcWc1eXZkhOZqta8gtNXaRKo8dkWj3MrvTk01B8Pvx/ybaYriG
         i/6Q==
X-Received: by 10.28.216.201 with SMTP id p192mr28081213wmg.29.1450795113348;
        Tue, 22 Dec 2015 06:38:33 -0800 (PST)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:38:28 +0100
From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Proposing a New Hierarchical Data Structure?
Message-Id: <20151222153828.28d3996c10f3182c5efc780a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJXU7q89cBkSZZfaS5p2CSDeJRTGCzNs+bNBjL8_KYQ=o7gi=Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOFvGD6OiYxcGkOiQRVnvXW3TLs42bt7PE5Ot9s09hsukYicKA AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<20151221030451 DOT 02399163eb3e40f21c622c41 AT gmail DOT com>
	<CAOP4iL1PTdeCZdT+SthHwQtaxC4x06MbBQmxRcK3DZyQ-jfw=Q AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<20151221203331 DOT 20837 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se>
	<CAJXU7q_XOJStJXhD547xW-+XROkBhctmMAWB-jm0cez5UvgZ7w AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<CAOP4iL1ri4UMeYr01Af-AH005DkLboKO72nGao+ByGmqA51W-A AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<20151222002012 DOT a88d7fe32a9336855eccd1d0 AT gmail DOT com>
	<CAJXU7q9dU=z5KZmgsh+Vau4zZNfEh4Awr5xdzL=6xhimLYVNLw AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 00 DOT 1512220421160 DOT 9035 AT igor2priv>
	<201512220412 DOT tBM4CJxb018546 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com>
	<alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 00 DOT 1512220528100 DOT 9035 AT igor2priv>
	<CAJXU7q89cBkSZZfaS5p2CSDeJRTGCzNs+bNBjL8_KYQ=o7gi=Q AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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

> If anyone had doubt about the reality of this, open source EDA is
> almost irrelevant in the "real world"... no-one cares, and our desire
> to see / use / contribute to a particular standard will not likely
> result in anything.
> 
> It would be nice to change that (make open-source EDA more relevant),
> but it will take a lot of time and effort. We would first need to get
> over the under-developer-resourcing, the identity / goals arguments
> (AKA "community problems")  gEDA has had in the past, and we will need
> to learn how to cooperate and collaborate with other open-source
> projects (like KiCAD). We (open source EDA) need a MUCH bigger
> mind/market share to effect change.
> 
> Peter

For academic research projects open source is perfect. Source code i freely available and it is possible to discuss everything in the open and with other people around the globe. This is exactly what is happening with cgal geomtric library www.cgal.org, list of developers is truly impressive.

Nicklas Karlsson