Re: Not "open source" hardware, "free design" hardware

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > How hard is it to make a layout, given a schematic? -- RMS

  > If you have a schematics that is past the prototyping phase then I
  > would compare it to a simple math you just have to do a lot of it.

  > Schematic that is pre-prototyping would be
  >  comparable to doing equasions on a middle school to me.

That leads me to conclude that releasing schematics without
the layout is not a big obstacle, but it is careless and foolish.
If you want to be kind to people, you should publish the layout too.



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