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GNU LibreDWG
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GNU LibreDWG is a software library programmed in C to manage DWG computer files, native proprietary format of computer-aided design software AutoCAD. It aims to be a free software replacement for the OpenDWG libraries. The project is managed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- utility software
- Part of
- GNU Project
- Movement
- free software movement
- Official website
- www.gnu.org/software/libredwg
- Has use
- AutoCAD Drawing
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- copyright license
- Q27016754
- programmed in
- Q15777
- source code repository URL
- git://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg.git
- operating system
- cross-platform
- user manual URL
- www.gnu.org/software/libredwg/manual
- readable file format
- Drawing Interchange File Format Family
- writable file format
- GeoJSON
- copyright holder
- Q48413
- implementation of
- AutoCAD Drawing
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-libredwg
- issue tracker URL
- savannah.nongnu.org/support/?group=administration
- inception
- 2009-00-00
- Commons category
- LibreDWG
- official wiki URL
- libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibreDWG
- software version identifier
- 0.13.3
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- Motivation
- History
- GPLv3 controversies
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- References
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GNU LibreDWG is a software library programmed in C to manage DWG computer files, native proprietary format of computer-aided design software AutoCAD. It aims to be a free software replacement for the OpenDWG libraries. The project is managed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
== Motivation == The proprietary DWG file format is a de facto standard for many types of CAD. Although the Open_Design_Alliance develops alternative libraries from the official Autodesk libraries there was a need for a fully free software alternative.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GNU LibreDWG” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.