[OSGeo-Discuss] OGR and Open Design Alliance DWG-DXF

[Frank Warmerdam]

Roger Bedell wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> I found this:
>  
> http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/spike/dxfdwg/
>  
> which seems to be an OGR to DWG/DXF exporter using the ODA libs.
>  
> Can you tell me what the status of this is? If it isn't active, can I 
> pick it up and work with it a bit?

Roger,

This code was removed from GDAL trunk because a bit of it was derived
directly from header files of the ODA libraries and so it was not
properly licensed as open source.  As of a year or two ago I believe
it worked within the limited scope of what it was supposed to do - which
was to export "simple features" DWG files from OGR datasources.

Feel free to use the code, but keep in mind that the license
provenance is flawed, though not necessarily insurmountable so.

I'm not sure that this forum is the best place for additional discussion
on technical details.

Best regards,
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