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EAGLE Newbie Question re: Commercial Usage

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Came across this phrase:

"Cadsoft is nice to give away a free version for hobby use, but their license is non-commercial. What that means is you aren’t supposed to make things you are going to sell with it".

I am using the Pro student version. Does this statement apply to this?

Thanks.

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    On 03/12/14 23:07, Chris Butler wrote:

    I was trying to figure this out too.

    According to Arduino - FAQ (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ) you can

    derive from the arduino Eagle files as long as you release it as open

    hardware under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.

    The according to there FAQ you can use what you made for commercial use.

     

    In all it seems that Eagle is incompatible with arduino's open hardware

    licence.

     

    I see no incompatibility here.

     

    It is very reasonable to assume that the Arduino foundation have paid

    for a commercial Eagle license. This allows them to create designs for

    commercial use.

     

    If you have also paid for a license, you may also create designs for

    commercial use.

     

    The Arduino license concerns the use that YOU make of THEIR intellectual

    property, namely that you are allowed to base your designs on it as long

    as your design is Creative Commons. So long as you meet that

    requirement, THEY have no problem with YOU using said design for

    commercial use.

     

    This Arduino license does not impinge or alter any other licenses that

    may apply, including the one that requires you to have paid for your

    copy of Eagle.