Re: export .dia independant from custom shapes ?

["W. Martin Borgert" <debacle debian org>]

Quoting "Lars RÃder Clausen" <lars raeder dk>:
> I have pondered dumping an SVG representation of each shape into
> the .dia file, mainly for allowing rendering without having to
> reimplement e.g. the UML classes.

This sounds like a very good idea! Esp. if people use some custom
shapes or sth. from the shapes repository they never can be sure
whether co-workers have the same stuff installed.

It would also make free the way to remove objects or shapes from
dia in the long run (e.g. if they are in a bad state and
unmaintained), without leaving users with unrepresentable files.

> It does open some IP issues, such as
> whether the SVG rendering of a GPLed shape can be used in a non-GPL
> program.

Maybe the authors of current shapes and objects would have to
agree, that the SVG representation be used for diagrammes under
public domain. I would probably agree for "my" objects and shapes
(some UML, some network, all renewable energy).