That is useful information I wonder what the fee is ? > > I'm just very pleased that I no longer have a reason to keep a PC > around! > > To use FPD for third-party manufacturing, you're supposed to pay a > licensing fee, I think, which makes good business sense for them. I > should see if my metal fabbers would use FPD files. I do like FPD for > CADs, but the finish, graphics and cost throw me off, though the cost > is not bad for a one-off, really. Still, Julian is less expensive. > > Scott Deyo > contact@... > The Bridechamber > www.bridechamber.com > Jealous Edison Record Kompany > www.jealousedison.com > > > > > On Apr 18, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Samppa Tolvanen wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Joe Miklojcik <jfm3@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Many times people mistake "Open Source" to mean "runs on Linux *AND* > > > MacOS." Nothing could be further from the truth. I often go to > > > people who make this mistake and tell them politely what they got > > > wrong about the phrase "Open Source". They usually then tell me that > > > it's not like "Open Source" is a clearly defined term in the first > > > place. Of course, it *is* a clearly defined term. > > > > > > http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd > > > > > > I sincerely hope there's a source release of FPD 4.0. Think of how > > > much more business those companies would do if FPD came included > > with > > > every major Linux distribution? > > > > > > > Hmm.. I never thought it that way. I was thinking how much losses it > > would make? People making a font driver better than for the included > > Autocad fonts and making export to DXF possible.. way baby, they could > > even include FPD export or even printing solution to use with other OS > > applications. > > > > Samppa > > > > >
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Re: fpd 4.0 mac / open source finally
2010-04-21 by adaaxs
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