This has been discussed before but here are some reminders:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eagle/the-autodesk-eagle-edition/msg1118387/#msg1118387People keep comparing EAGLE to Fusion360. This is wrong and irrelevant. In Fusion360,
you can export your design to .step, .iges, .dxf, and any number of other standard
formats supported by countless other tools. It's OK for Fusion360 to be cloud-based,
subscription-based, or whatever, because its author can't grab you by the proverbial
pussy.
For electronics CAD, there is no standard format that can represent your combined PCB
and schematic design with all of its underlying metadata and library content. Your
tools and your data are inseparable. If your tool vendor can revoke your ability to
run their PCB CAD program, then they are the ones who actually own your work product.
Not you. Not your customer. The lame-ass tool peddler.
No one who cares about their work product can afford to allow their tool vendor to
behave this way. It really is that simple.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eagle/the-autodesk-eagle-edition/msg1118527/#msg1118527@Dave, it's not going subscription. So there.
At this stage, that isn't anywhere on my roadmap.
Thought about it. Decided against it. Can I say that we will never in the life of any product
do that? No, of course not.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/autodesk-buys-eagle/msg977529/#msg977529Autodesk is full subscription going forward and this position is
non-negotiable. I know that for a lot of you this is not good news, but
there's not much that can be done about it.
I'm truly sorry guys.
Jorge Garcia
http://www.eaglecentral.ca/index.php/mv/msg/52901/168331/#msg_1683312.1.3 Territory. Except as otherwise authorized in writing by Autodesk, the licenses granted in
this Agreement are granted only for the Territory. Nothing in this Agreement permits Licensee
(including, without limitation, Licensee's Personnel, if any) to Install or Access the Licensed
Materials outside of the Territory.
Territory? So I can't use Eagle when I travel outside of the states without buying a new license for that territory?
http://download.autodesk.com/us/FY17/Suites/LSA/en-US/lsa.htmlIt's not paranoia to anticipate and to plan for the failure of
things that can fail; it's called "engineering".
Autodesk is willing to throw its users under the bus, with no warning and even after promising otherwise, if it suits their purposes. This very real risk is enough to make people think twice about investing their time in the Eagle ecosystem (in addition to Autodesk's money grubbing license policies).
The pricing is not the issue (though it's more expensive for someone who makes a PCB every month). The part you're missing is that some of us prefer not to have our tools stop working on the day Autodesk decides Eagle isn't worth it anymore.