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# CERN BE-CO-HT Contribution to KiCad
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This project has been set up to facilitate the contribution of CERN's
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BE-CO-HT section to the [KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) Printed
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Circuit Board design tool development. KiCad is a Free/Libre Open Source
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Software Tool which runs on GNU/Linux, Windows and Apple OS X. It is
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licensed under the [GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
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license.
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This ohwr.org project has been set up to facilitate the contribution of
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CERN's BE-CO-HT section to the KiCad Printed Circuit Board design tool
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development.
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[KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) is a Free/Libre Open Source Software
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Tool which runs on GNU/Linux, Windows and Apple OS X. It is licensed
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under the [GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) license.
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The objective of this project is to help enhance KiCad in such a way
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that it becomes an efficient tool for PCB design which people can use to
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share their design information without compromising productivity. We do
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this in close collaboration with the main KiCad developers.
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*We think that KiCad can do to PCB design what the gcc compiler did to
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software: ensure there are no artificial barriers to sharing so that
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design and development knowledge can flow more freely.**
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software:**
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*ensure there are no artificial barriers to sharing so that design and
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development knowledge can flow more freely.**
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This contribution is part of our efforts in [Open Source
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Hardware](OSHW). We describe our planned tasks and their progress using
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a list of [work packages](WorkPackages). Contributions to KiCad will
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happen through the KiCad developers mailing list, in the standard ways
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defined by the main KiCad
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a list of [work packages](WorkPackages).
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Contributions to KiCad will happen through the KiCad developers mailing
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list, in the standard ways defined by the main KiCad
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developers.
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