LibreCad,是一個能執行在Windows、MAC、Linux上的自由的開源個人CAD應用程式。原先是QCad社群版的一個分支。
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- 自由軟體:不用再為授權條款費用擔憂。
- 無語言障礙:支援眾多的語言版本,使得LibreCad使用者沒有語言障礙。
- GPLv2公共授權:你可以使用LibreCad,改進LibreCad,複製分發給別人,並且免費獲得來自全世界的LibreCad使用者的支援和LibreCad開發者的支援。
- 開源社群專案:LibreCad是一個開源社群專案,LibreCad開發者不斷吸納新的技術和想法,LibreCad的未來的決定權在每次的投票,你也可以決定LibreCad的未來。
2010 年前後, QCAD 社群版 v2.0.5.0 分支 開始了獨立開發,形成了現在的 LibreCAD。最早的使用者介面是基於 Qt3 圖形庫的。
現在 LibreCAD 的 圖形介面 基於 Qt5,因此它可以在多個 平台 上執行並保持相同的介面。[2][3]
GNU LibreDWG 庫是在 GPLv3 授權條款下釋出的,它不能用在以 GPLv2 授權條款釋出的 LibreCAD(和 FreeCAD)上。[4][5] 因為它們的授權條款 不相容.[6] 有人向 FSF 提出將 GNU LibreDWG 重新授權 為 GPLv2,但遭到了拒絕。[7] 最後通過重寫一個以 GPLv2 釋出的稱為 libdxfrw 的替代庫才解決了這個問題,[8] 新庫具有更完整的 DWG 支援。
Prokoudine, Alexandre. What's up with DWG adoption in free software?. libregraphicsworld.org. 26 January 2012 [3 November 2013]. (原始內容存檔於9 November 2016). [Assimp's Alexander Gessler:] "Personally, I'm extremely unhappy with their [LibreDWG's — LGW] GPL licensing. It prohibits its use in Assimp and for many other applications as well. I don't like dogmatic ideologies, and freeing software by force (as GPL/GNU does) is something I dislike in particular. It's fine for applications, because it doesn't hurt at this point, but, in my opinion, not for libraries that are designed to be used as freely as possible." [Blender's Toni Roosendaal:] "Blender is also still "GPLv2 or later". For the time being we stick to that, moving to GPL 3 has no evident benefits I know of. My advice for LibreDWG: if you make a library, choosing a widely compatible license (MIT, BSD, or LGPL) is a very positive choice."
Larabel, Michael. FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project. Phoronix. 2013-01-24 [2013-08-22]. (原始內容存檔於2016-11-09). Both LibreCAD and FreeCAD both want to use LibreDWG and have patches available for supporting the DWG file format library, but can't integrate them. The programs have dependencies on the popular GPLv2 license while the Free Software Foundation will only let LibreDWG be licensed for GPLv3 use, not GPLv2.
Prokoudine, Alexandre. LibreDWG drama: the end or the new beginning?. libregraphicsworld.org. 2012-12-27 [2013-08-23]. (原始內容存檔於2016-11-09). [...]the unfortunate situation with support for DWG files in free CAD software via LibreDWG. We feel, by now it ought to be closed. We have the final answer from FSF. [...] "We are not going to change the license."