[GRASSLIST:9946] Re: compiling grass for cygwin

[Wolfgang Zillig]

Ok,

I understand now and I will chancel all attempts to get dxf support 
running. Probably the easiest way would be that I ask the programmer of 
the program which creates the dxf to support shp also.

Regards

Wolfgang

Hamish schrieb:
>> OK, that seems to be one way to do it. But I don't really understand
>> why it must be that complicated to get all these things running :-((
>>     
>
> Because of restrictive software licenses on third party software and the
> problems inherent in reverse engineering a closed, proprietary, and
> changing format. It's a pain for everyone who uses free software.
> It is both unlegal and in violation of our own license (the GPL) for us
> to distribute OpenDWG's (or any unFree) import libary.
>
> see  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
>
> As very effective side effect, this encourages work on & deployment of
> Free replacements.
>
>
>   
>> Am I the only one who is interested in dxf import?
>>     
>
> No, but it will stay as it is until someone comes along with both the
> need and the talent (or the cash to pay someone with the talent) and
> actually does the work to make it happen. Perferably added to the OGR
> (GDAL) software. Problems inherent in a largely volunteer workforce.
>
>
> regards,
> Hamish
>
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