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by guenthert 991 days ago
> Totally, but for how long?

Since it's published with the GPL-3 license, I don't expect that to change. Even if there were interest to change the license and all copyright holder agree (which is generally not feasible in a long running FOSS project), there surely would be a fork, if the software is then still popular.
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stavros 991 days ago
I think the GP meant "for how long will Altium be better than KiCAD".
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guenthert 991 days ago
Yeah, having had my coffee, I see that so as well now.
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mid-kid 991 days ago
Why would the license need to change? It doesn't apply to the things you make with the program, only to your modifications of the program itself. And even then, the license doesn't matter if you don't publish a modified copy of kicad.
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