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Free online schematic editor from Digi-Key

10 points| samlittlewood | 14 years ago |digikey.com | reply

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[+] ChuckMcM|14 years ago|reply
"(ii) you grant to Digi-Key a fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use the End User Content (in whole or in part) for any and all purposes, subject to the terms of the Digi-Key Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Digi-Key may use End User Content for marketing and market research and for other purposes as set forth in this Agreement."

Well that kinda takes the buzz off. Give them an A for effort though, this will presumably get them a lot of schematics that they then have rights to exploit. I'm thinking the 'Encyclopedia of modern circuits' series which was a collection of small one-off circuits that has done well for Rudolf Graf (caveat the occasional lawsuit).

It was also pretty slow on Firefox on Linux but it may be faster in a different configuration.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Electronic-Circuits-Rudol...

[+] nherment|14 years ago|reply
Agreed. Still useful for open-source projects :)
[+] nherment|14 years ago|reply
Excerpt of the terms and conditions:

8. Rights to End User Content. By posting, uploading, or transmitting any data or other content on or through the Application, or causing any data or content to be posted, uploaded, or transmitted on or through the Application (the "End User Content"): (i) you represent and warrant that you are the owner of the End User Content and/or that you have the right to grant the licenses to Digi-Key contained in this Agreement; and (ii) you grant to Digi-Key a fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use the End User Content (in whole or in part) for any and all purposes, subject to the terms of the Digi-Key Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Digi-Key may use End User Content for marketing and market research and for other purposes as set forth in this Agreement.