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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Proposing a New Hierarchical Data Structure?
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gEDA, nor any other open-source EDA package I know (at this point in
the tool-chain), is the basis of any academic research. The kind of
problems we are _still_ arguing about, and trying to solve have long
ceased to be novel areas for research.


On 22 December 2015 at 14:38, Nicklas Karlsson
(nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> 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

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