[Qgis-psc] Proposal that QGIS.ORG will become a member of the OpenDesign Alliance

[Sandro Santilli]

UPDATE: it looks like libdxfrw (used by LibreCAD) has been made GPL2+:
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdxfrw/code/ci/master/tree/
It's documented to be able to read up to 2015  version of DWG files.

Thread here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdxfrw/discussion/general/thread/6d9d288c/

--strk;

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 02:24:10PM +0100, Sandro Santilli wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 01:54:38PM +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> > Hi Strk,
> > 
> > So why aren't FreeCAD, LibreCAD, Blender and Inkscape using
> > LibreDWG? As far as I understand, it is because some of their other
> > components/libraries are GPLv2 only and thus they can't mix? I can't
> > claim that I understand all of these licensing issues. But
> > apparently, for some reasons the majority of the LibreGraphics
> > software cannot use LibreDWG. This is what the say at their
> > websites:
> > 
> > http://freecadweb.org/wiki/?title=Licence#GPL2.2FGPL3.2FOCTLP_incompatibility
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreCAD#GPLv3_vs_GPLv2_controversy
> 
> So it looks, but those articles don't state clearly which dependencies
> are GPL2-only so I cannot easily check if that's still the case.
> 
> > Apparently LibreCAD created their own library, which is available at
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdxfrw/
> 
> And they made it GPL2-only. That's a bad move really :(
> 
> > About the funding drive: this funding drive is about the Free
> > Software Foundation (FSF) in general, not for the LibreDWG project,
> > unfortunately. You can find the same funding drive on
> > http://www.gnu.org/ and other GNU websites. Unfortunately, FSF,
> > doesn't treat LibreDWG as a priority project.
> 
> Oops, you're right. Sorry for the confusion.
> 
> > So basically, GRASS is the only piece of software using LibreDWG -
> > according to
> > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibreDWG#Who_uses_it.3F
> > because the information about LibreCAD is outdated.
> 
> That seems to be the case, yes.
> 
> --strk;