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> Despite of all the huge amount of work the have invested, unless they make > the work really publicly available, I'd prefer not building on it. I.e. you want someone to either steal the work for you, or do a great deal of work on your behalf without any compensation? I don't think either of these are valid ways to run a project. The ISO standards are always copyright protected and sold for a fee; that's how ISO funds its operation. Much of the software you use today is built on ISO standards - including the C/C++ language that gEDA uses. The ISO standards are publically available, for a fee. They are not "proprietary" or "secret", just not "free of charge". So if you want to refrain from using this standard because you feel it's too expensive for you to purchase, fine. But please do not confuse the "free" in "free software" with "everything else should be available to me without charge too". Even the FSF charges a fee for its software, to fund its activities.
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