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Re: [RFC] Application naming

From : jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>

: jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> Date : Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:14:00 +0100

: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:14:00 +0100 Cc : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Le 02/02/2017 à 20:20, Pedro Martin a écrit : > There is still the secret of the meaning of the Ki of Kicad. > > Regards, > Pedro. > Well, Ki has no meaning. But Ki has a story. A long time ago I was looking for a name, a good name. A good name is a short name, easy to pronounce by anybody, and in this case contains CAD. Unfortunately, many suitable names (freecad, ecad, eecad, librecad ...) were already in use. One day, I asked to a friend of mine an idea for this name. He said: KiCAD. Great, but was is the meaning of Ki? My friend's answer: No meaning, but just the first letters of the name of my company. OK. this name was good for me. I am guessing I could use the first letters of my son's name or the first letters of the town I was living. But Kicad was good enough for me. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS

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