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Re:KiCad Joins Linux Foundation to Advance Electronic Design... by rowanG077 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:19PM (#21621787)
The first thought you should be having is what are you actually protecting? Is the value of your product in the PCB? Keep in mind that even moderately complex PCBs can be reverse engineered relatively easily.
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Re:KiCad Joins Linux Foundation to Advance Electronic Design... by SlowRobotAhead on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:43PM (#21621955)
This.

If you are putting your secret sauce in the PCB, you’ve already lost. Doesn’t matter if your board is one later or twenty.

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