Dear Sir, Please remove me. I joined on a whim, and find the depth of dicussion way over my head. Thanks, Brian Morgan -----Original Message----- From: phrostie [mailto:pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 13 May 2003 08:34 To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [cad-linux] Re: CAD with server/client architecture you can go to www.freelists.org and login and remove your self. if you have problems let me know and i can do it for you. sorry you're leaving. --- "Morgan, Brian" <bmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear Sir, > > Some time ago I left my name on this newsgroup, but now would like to be > removed. I don't even remember the web address. If you could direct me I > would really appreciate it. > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Wilhelm [mailto:ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 12 May 2003 20:25 > To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [cad-linux] Re: CAD with server/client architecture > > > > > The following was supposedly scribed by > > Lee Fickenscher > > on Monday 12 May 2003 06:29 pm: > > >OpenCASCADE has some type of public license, but it is not GPL. I've > >read the license, but all such legaleese mystifies me. I'm not sure what > >gotchas lurk in all the mumbo jumbo. > > I've just read through it, and it sounds really similar to the GPL, but they > > don't clearly define "derivative work" as well as the GPL, so it looks like > the real show-stopper with using this to build the kernel would be in > getting > commercial support (which would be beneficial to the momentum of the system > since this would make it possible for draftsmen to switch without a learning > > curve (switching office apps is one thing, but switching cad apps is nearly > impossible for the old hands)). > > I'd like to see some commercial products which are using openCascade, which > would help evaluate the license from a legal standpoint (not that I'm a > lawyer, but I play one on the internet:) > > I haven't really looked at it from a technical standpoint. This would also > be > (of course) important. Any comments on the technical merits? > > --Eric > ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com