[Coco] Motorola Parts Missing in ExpressPCB

[T. Franklin]

Curious, I've never used Eagle but if the output is Gerber, how is anyone to know what package you used to create a board? To my knowledge the Gerber (RS-274-D) files don't contain any source identifier. And if it does, it can easily be removed as Gerber is simply a text file. My point is that a company telling a customer they can't sell any board created with their software is a rediculious scare tactic. (IMHO)




-----Original Message-----
From: Phill Harvey-Smith [mailto:afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 08:17 AM
To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
Subject: Re: [Coco] Motorola Parts Missing in ExpressPCB

On 15/08/2012 13:52, Louis Ciotti wrote:> Yea it will be an uphill battle I think. But really there are not> many alternatives for the hobbiest out there that have a full feature> set.>> I would try Eagle, but I don't like the "you cannot sell anything you> make from this" restriction. Will I ever sell a PCB design I make...> probably not, but hey you never know and $800+ for a just in case is> waaayyy too steep.I have the hobby license for Eagle, and have produced boards that I have designed with it. (Addon boards for the Acorn Atom and BBC, hopefully also someday DragonMMC will come out of the prototype stage :) ).When i asked the question on the Eagle newsgroup, one of the Cadsoft people told me that it was ok to recover the cost of the boards.So for example if you design something and get x number of boards made at cost y each, you are allowed to pass on that cost as you would not be profiting from it.Cheers.Phill.--Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttp://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco