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Feature Request: Make this library installable via the KiCad extension manager #13

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DeflateAwning opened this issue Dec 14, 2024 · 2 comments
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@CDFER CDFER added the enhancement New feature or request label Dec 14, 2024
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CDFER commented Dec 14, 2024

This is something I've been thinking about, but I don't think KiCad would allow it in the normal package repository (https://gitlab.com/kicad/addons/repository) due to some of the files being pulled from EasyEDA and the copyright/API access issues that come with that, which KiCad is strict about (https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/addons/). That being said, I could create my own third-party repository or ask Bouni to join his (https://github.com/Bouni/bouni-kicad-repository), which he uses for his tools here: https://github.com/bouni/kicad-jlcpcb-tools

Being able to press a button in KiCad to update the library would be very handy, so this is pretty high on my to-do list when I get some time.

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I figure it's worth a shot submitting it to the official KiCad one? And just see what they think? I don't think JLCPCB/LCSC/EasyEDA has much of a history of litigation. And this project doesn't explicity re-distribute; it just uses it as an "inspirational data source" of sorts.

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