Homebrew PCBs

On 13 Nov 2007 16:42:45 -0500, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:

>  > Trustable libraries matter, too
>
>  Yup.  There are a couple of gEDA users that only use their own
>  libraries.  We've talked (recently) about dumping the current
>  libraries and starting from scratch, with more control and design, and
>  less "this looks good!" ;-)

Is there any way to import existing libraries from other packages?
Protel's happy to export cleartext ASCII libraries, and import at
least some others, so it's a possible route. Of course, the IPR
implications will be dull, but manufacturer-supplied libraries would,
you'd hope, be fair game.
If I could release stuff in gEDA, that would be superb. It's a pain
working on open projects with tools this expensive. A tolerable
alternative would be to export from Protel to gEDA when the design
finished, so people could make changes without paying $$$ for tools,
yet I could still be $$$-tool-productive. Next time I get some free
weeks, I'll have another try.

Steve