emc really needs a copyleft cad/cam package

[terrylr-at-blauedonau.com]

hello;

this is being sent to multiple lists because
of the nature of the posting, so please bear
with me.

after spend several hours tonight/early morning
searching for an opensource cad/cam package for
linux it has become clear that there is not one.

the purpose of this e-mail is basically two-fold.
1. begin an open discussion as to what features
   should an opensource cad/cam package/program
   have. the goal being to draft a design specifcation
   that most everyone could live with for the first
   cut.
2. should this discussion take place on the two
   mailing lists, emc & cad_cam_edm_dro, or be
   moved to a new separate mailing list. if it
   is decided to have a new separate list i would
   host it off of one of my computers here.

just so everyone understands, by opensource, i mean
released under the gnu general public license.

-- 
Terry L. Ridder
Blue Danube Artistic Forge (Blaue Donau Kunstschmiede)
"We do not bend metal, we sculpt it."

digging deep, i feel my conscience burn
i need to know who and what i am
this hunger jolts me from complacency
rocks me, makes me meet myself
----kendall payne---closer to myself---