(please vote this up, comment of the day, a delight to read)

I don't get it: the code is apparently Open Source. Someone forked it and compiled it into another app with a different name without referring to the source, which is bad but also not what the commotion is about. Come on, "potentially misleading users about what they're actually downloading in the process"?? You mean, like selling "Microsoft Lync" as "Microsoft Skype for Business"? Evil... (not).

Ever heard of "gliders"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

Useful skills in unusual situations: http://www.popularmechanics.co...

Anyone with knowledge of the automotive industry knows that basically every large OEM is onto the same thing:
http://www.independent.co.uk/l...
http://www.greenfleeteurope.co...
(etc.)

I am disappointed by the bad quality of the translation to German, both in therms of grammar and words that have dual meaning. This is somewhat usable but not really something I would enjoy using. Also, the German lady spoke very slowly and overly accurate in pronunciation, probably because otherwise the software would fail. Move on, not much to see here...

Sorry, but the low-Q fine is someone's joke. It's not in the ruling or the article.

Sorry, there is (naturally) nothing in the article or the court ruling about adding an extra fine for low quality. Would have been nice, though. =:)

Ehhh... some cliff hanger there.

What it should say is that I have come to the conclusion that I for myself will never apply for patents on my own, but as an employee of a major company I need to play by their rules... and that means that I need to apply for patents for their sake.

Thanks, that explains it... No further questions.

Dude, you are not an engineer, it screams from your reply (I wouldn't call it an "answer"). Go, learn som 3D solid modelling package (Pro/E, CATIA, UniGraphics NG, SolidWorks, SolidEdge etc) and then come back, read your reply again and be ashamed.

Dude, are you serious? Have you even used a CAD program (solid modeller with derived 2D drawings) once?

Same discussion and same misguided focus as in the OScar project: http://www.theoscarproject.org/

The OpenLuna project will produce the same results. None.

The same question about "fully featured and easy to use" CAD programs were asked when the OScar project started: http://www.theoscarproject.org/

I answered as you did above. People did not want to hear it. I suspect, they never figured out the difference between CAD, CAM, CFD, FEM versus 3D animation modelling packages (Blender, Maya), 2D vector drawing programs (Inkscape) and MS Paint (to be a bit drastic).

The type of high-visibility OS hardware projects seem to attract only day-dreaming non-engineers, which is what repells real engineers even further (because you have to deal with such people at work already, why having them around during your spare time, too?)...

Exactly!

Otherwise, the OpenLuna project will attract the same kind of day-dreaming non-engineers as the OSCar-project did: http://www.theoscarproject.org/

And it will produce the same results: none.


PS: Actually, I read more or less EXACTLY the same question in the OSCar forum, and the answers were scaring. People were recommending Blender, Inkscape, and the like. They uttered phrases like "using CAD instead of CFD". Jeezus...