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# Frequently Asked Questions
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Please check the [official
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FAQ](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Frequently+Asked+Questions)
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too.
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documentation](http://kicad-pcb.org/help/documentation/) too.
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source. Nobody knows if the code for proprietary EDA packages is better
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or worse.
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### Don't you think staffing this with one student is too little?
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Of course, it would be better to do more, but this is what we can afford
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now. However, this already represents quite a step forward with respect
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to the past. To our knowledge, this is the first time a full-time
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developer is devoted to KiCad for a full year, and we will be able to do
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even more if people
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[donate](https://giving.web.cern.ch/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=6).
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We hope that our example will be followed by other organizations, so
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that manpower is not an issue for KiCad anymore. Then the issue will be
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to properly organize this manpower and to ensure only high-quality code
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makes it to the main
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### How is this activity staffed at CERN?
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There are two main contributors at CERN: Maciej Sumiński (Orson) and
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Tomasz Włostowski. Orson works on KiCad officially, along with some
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other projects. Tom works on KiCad in his spare time. Of course, it
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would be better to do more, but this is what we can afford now. We
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sometimes can have external contractors work on KiCad thanks to the
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generous
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[donations](https://giving.web.cern.ch/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=6)
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of KiCad supporters. We hope that our example will be followed by other
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organizations, so that manpower is not an issue for KiCad anymore. Then
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the issue will be to properly organize this manpower and to ensure only
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high-quality code makes it to the main
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tree.
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### You seem to be a hardware-oriented section. Are you competent for this kind of work?
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We are lucky to have several very competent object-oriented developers
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in our section. Our team is mostly made of electronics engineers and
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computer scientists, with lots of experience in complex projects, both
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hardware and software. But ultimately, the best way to evaluate the
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quality of our work is to look at the code we contribute to KiCad.
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We are lucky to have several very competent C** developers in our
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section. Our team is mostly made of electronics engineers and computer
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scientists, with lots of experience in complex projects, both hardware
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and software. But ultimately, the best way to evaluate the quality of
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our work is to look at the code we contribute to KiCad.
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### How aligned are you with the main KiCad developers?
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We have a lot of respect for their work and we have been discussing
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these plans for a long time with them. The [roadmap](WorkPackages) we
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presented is a direct outcome of these discussions. We want to be just
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one more contributor to KiCad.
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Both Orson and Tom have commit access to the main repo, which means they
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are actually part of the main development team. We have a great
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relatioship with the rest of the team, and with the project leader
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(Wayne) in particular.
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### I am a student, how can I support KiCad?
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### How should I install KiCad when at CERN?
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Please have a look at the [official KiCad
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website](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/KiCad+EDA+Software+Suite)
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about download instructions and so. That should be self-instructing.
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website](http://kicad-pcb.org/) about download instructions and so. That
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should be self-instructing.
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### Which CAE programs are officially supported at CERN?
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