[GRASS-dev] OpenDWG support in Windows

[Glynn Clements]

Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> > - OpenDWG
> > I know that many people still use this format to create their maps; it
> > would be an important enhancement to promote the GRASS migration
> >  
> > I looked for information on OpenDWG on http://www.opendwg.org but I
> > actually didn't find how to get the source. Could someone help me please?
> 
> It is not free and open source software, just freeware. Better avoid it.

Specifically, its licence is incompatible with the GPL, so you cannot
legally distribute binaries of v.in.dwg.

AFAICT, OpenDWG's licence is aimed at being "just free enough" to
suppress the creation of a genuinely free (libre) DWG library.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>