X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 22:22:26 -0400 From: al davis To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] Freerouting? Message-ID: <20160519222226.338e80f9@floyd.freeelectron.net> In-Reply-To: <573CC53E.5000207@neurotica.com> References: <573C9E22 DOT 9050609 AT neurotica DOT com> <573CA1C7 DOT 3080402 AT iee DOT org> <573CA784 DOT 1060103 AT neurotica DOT com> <573CB7E6 DOT 607 AT xs4all DOT nl> <573CC53E DOT 5000207 AT neurotica DOT com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (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 On Wed, 18 May 2016 15:40:46 -0400 "Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" wrote: > On 05/18/2016 02:43 PM, Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via > geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > > AFAICT, the freerouting web app ceased to exist thanks to Big EDA > > bullying the developer into retirement and off the internet > > (http://www.freerouting.net/). > > Damn suits. The issue as I understand it is that the developer used to work for Zuken. Zuken's claim is that Freerouting contains stolen code, or at least stolen concepts, that are proprietary to Zuken. "Big EDA" here really means "his former employer".