RE[4] emc really needs a copyleft cad/cam package

["Terry L. Ridder" <terrylr-at-blauedonau.com>]

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On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Paul Corner wrote:

paul> 
paul> 
paul> Hi Wally
paul> 
paul>  Cascade would appear to be a set of libraries and tools to develope a
paul> CAD type application. Equally, it could be used for CMM CAM or even
paul> intelligent imaging (computor vision ??), perhaps use could be found in
paul> virtual reality system as well.
paul> Having made a start at downloading the source files and documentation, it
paul> would appear that the GUI can be implimented in Tcl/tk. Being a very large
paul> source file, this is going to take a long time to compile !!
paul> 
paul> Would someone care to explain the difference between a GPL and opensource
paul> licence - To me, they look to be pretty much the same thing.
paul> 
paul> Regards, Paul.
paul> 

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