Default libraries: GPL licencing vs proprietary designs

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These requirements should be fulfilled by the new license. (Drafted by the legal department of CERN)

More details about the new license see:

KiCad Library Licensing

Hi all There’s been a lot of discussion over the last couple of days regarding the licensing of KiCad library data (i.e. the data provided at https://github.com/kicad) There is clearly confusion about the license requirements for the library data, and it is also apparent that the current license model is inappropriate. This discussion has actually lined up with a push (behind the scenes) to overhaul the KiCad libraries for the KiCad v5.0.0 release. This involves consolidation a…