Third-Party Notices

BoardRipper is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

(see LICENSE).

It incorporates, links against, or was informed by the following third-party

works. Each entry lists the upstream project, its license, and how it is used

in BoardRipper.

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Code and Algorithm References

KiCad — pcbnew/pcb_io/allegro/

• License: GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)
• Upstream: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/allegro/ (allegro-types.ts, allegro-header.ts, allegro-blocks.ts, allegro-assembler.ts, allegro-db.ts)
• Nature of use: The Cadence Allegro BRD parser in BoardRipper is a TypeScript re-implementation derived from KiCad's C++ Allegro importer. Block-type definitions, version-detection logic, three-phase parsing architecture, and coordinate transforms are transliterated from KiCad. GPL-3.0 obligations propagate to BoardRipper, which is why BoardRipper as a whole is licensed under AGPL-3.0 (a GPL-3.0-compatible upgrade).
• Spec: docs/formats/ALLEGRO_BRD_FORMAT.md

KiCad — pcbnew/pcb_io/altium/

• License: GNU General Public License v2.0 or later (GPL-2.0+); one file is GPL-3.0+
• Upstream: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/tree/master/pcbnew/pcb_io/altium
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/altium/
• Nature of use: The Altium Designer .PcbDoc parser in BoardRipper is a TypeScript re-implementation derived from KiCad's C++ Altium importer. Stream layouts, property-bag and binary-record decoders, version-conditional field handling, and coordinate transforms are transliterated from KiCad. Same GPL lineage as the Allegro parser — already covered by BoardRipper's AGPL-3.0 envelope.
• Spec: docs/formats/ALTIUM_PCB_FORMAT.md

OpenBoardView

• License: MIT
• Upstream: https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/ — BVR1, BVR3, BRD, BDV, BDV ASC, FZ, CAD, XZZ parsers
• Nature of use: OpenBoardView's C++ parsers (BVRFile.cpp, BVR3File.cpp, BRDFile.cpp, BDVFile.cpp, FZFile.cpp, GenCADFile.cpp, XZZPCBFile.cpp) were consulted as reference implementations to reverse-engineer format behavior. BoardRipper's TypeScript parsers are independent re-implementations written against the format specifications in docs/formats/; no verbatim OpenBoardView code is present. The FZ decryption key is not inherited from OpenBoardView — upstream OBV deliberately omits it (FZFile::getBuiltinKey() returns an empty array), and so does BoardRipper. See the *FZ decryption key — not bundled* entry below.
• Specs: docs/formats/BVR_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/BRD_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/BDV_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/BDV_ASC_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/FZ_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/CAD_FORMAT.md, docs/formats/XZZ_FORMAT.md

piernov — Honhan BDV decoder gist

• License: Public gist (no explicit license; algorithm only)
• Upstream: https://gist.github.com/piernov/37849a3b92375e18515160b8a1efde18
• Context: https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView/issues/2
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/bdv-asc-decoder.ts
• Nature of use: The gist identifies the dd:1.3?,r?-=bb signature and the line-key cipher shape (count-minus-byte, CRLF-advanced). BoardRipper's TypeScript decoder was written against OpenBoardView's canonical decode_bdv in BDVFile.cpp — the same algorithm, but the gist was how the format was first attributed to the Honhan / Tebo-ICT family.
• Spec: docs/formats/BDV_ASC_FORMAT.md

Mentor Boardstation Neutral — original RE

• License: N/A (no third-party code or text incorporated)
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/mentor-neutral-parser.ts, src/frontend/src/parsers/mentor-neutral-format.ts
• Nature of use: Mentor Graphics publishes no public spec for the Boardstation neutral file. The parser and accompanying format document (docs/formats/MENTOR_NEUTRAL_FORMAT.md) are original reverse-engineering work derived solely from inspecting real-world sample exports (Samsung RV415 / Quanta Brazos / Quanta Jinmao14-L). Generic format mentions consulted for context only — none contained record-level layout: PTC's BoardStation EIF docs, Altair Pollex's Mentor Graphics Interface, and the Internet Archive's Boardstation manuals (none consulted at code-level — kept as a future verification source).
• Spec: docs/formats/MENTOR_NEUTRAL_FORMAT.md

EAGLE .brd (XML) — original work

• License: N/A (no third-party code or text incorporated)
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/eagle-parser.ts, src/frontend/src/parsers/eagle-format.ts
• Nature of use: Written against the publicly documented EAGLE XML schema — the eagle.dtd that ships with every EAGLE/Fusion install and the "EAGLE File Format" appendix of the manual — plus four EAGLE 6.3/6.4 reference boards. No code was copied from EAGLE itself or from any GPL importer. The one external cross-check was KiCad's *documented behaviour* for the mirrored-element transform (mirror across local Y, then rotate CCW); the algebra was re-derived here rather than transliterated, and no KiCad source is present. Note this is unrelated to the eagleview entry below, which is the Teboview format and shares only a name.
• Spec: docs/formats/EAGLE_BRD_FORMAT.md

eagleview — Pavel Kovalenko

• License: MIT
• Upstream: https://github.com/nitrocaster/eagleview
• Used in: src/frontend/src/parsers/tvw-parser.ts
• Nature of use: The Teboview (TVW) parser is a TypeScript port of eagleview's C++ reference implementation. A copy of the upstream MIT license is retained at docs/formats/tvw-reference/eagleview-LICENSE.
• Spec: docs/formats/TVW_FORMAT.md

brd_parser — Jeff Wheeler

• License: MIT
• Upstream: https://github.com/bernayigit/brd_parser
• Used in: cross-validation reference for src/frontend/src/parsers/allegro/
• Nature of use: Consulted alongside KiCad for secondary block-type hints and byte-layout validation during Allegro parser development.

Cryptographic standards

• RC6 stream cipher (used in src/frontend/src/parsers/fz-parser.ts): RC6 algorithm by Rivest, Robshaw, Sidney, and Yin. Public algorithm, implementation written from the published design.

FZ decryption key — *not bundled*

• What is it: 44 × uint32 constant required to decrypt ASUS-produced .fz boardview files via the RC6 cipher above.
• Why it isn't here: BoardRipper does not author, host, or redistribute this key. We make no claim to it and take no position on its legal provenance. Upstream OpenBoardView takes the same position (FZFile::getBuiltinKey() returns an empty array — see src/openboardview/FileFormats/FZFile.cpp upstream).
• How users obtain it: At first encounter with an encrypted .fz, BoardRipper opens an in-app dialog with two options — fetch from a public mirror (the cryptonek/illegal-numbers GitHub repo) or paste manually from any source the user trusts. The supplied bytes are validated against the 44-bit parity fingerprint that upstream OpenBoardView ships, then stored in the user's browser localStorage. See docs/formats/FZ_FORMAT.md § *Key sourcing* and src/frontend/src/store/fz-key-store.ts.
• Effect: This puts both the choice and the legal posture of obtaining the key entirely on the end user. Users in jurisdictions where retrieving the key is restricted can decline and continue using BoardRipper's other ten formats normally.
• DES (FIPS PUB 46-3) (used in src/frontend/src/parsers/xzz-parser.ts): standard FIPS lookup tables (IP, FP, S-boxes, P-box, expansion, PC-1, PC-2) are reproductions of the public specification; key schedule and round function written from the standard.
• GenCAD 1.4 specification (used in src/frontend/src/parsers/cad-parser.ts): public interchange format specification.
• KiCad S-expression board file format (used in src/frontend/src/parsers/kicad-parser.ts): the parser is an original TypeScript implementation written from KiCad's public file-format documentation and validated against MIT-licensed public sample boards from theacodes/kicanvas. Unlike the Allegro and Altium parsers above, no KiCad source code was transliterated — a documented text format needs no reverse engineering. (BoardRipper is AGPL-3.0 regardless, on account of those two parsers.)

Material Design Icons — mdi:soldering-iron

• License: Apache 2.0
• Upstream: https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign (curated by Pictogrammers)
• Used in: src/frontend/src/icons/IconSolderingIron.tsx
• Nature of use: The iron silhouette in BoardRipper's IconSolderingIron (used as the Worklist "rework" mark) reuses two of the three SVG subpaths from mdi:soldering-iron — the handle/plug and the heating-element + tip. The third subpath (cord coil) was dropped and the remaining paths were mirrored horizontally + scaled to 0.92 for layout. Apache-2.0 is GPL-3.0-compatible, so no license-propagation issue.

Game Icons — game-icons:soldering-iron (smoke wisp shape inspiration)

• License: CC BY 3.0
• Upstream: https://github.com/game-icons/icons (project license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
• Used in: src/frontend/src/icons/IconSolderingIron.tsx
• Nature of use: The smoke-wisp idea above the iron was inspired by the smoke curl in game-icons:soldering-iron. No path data is copied verbatim — the wisp in BoardRipper is a hand-traced tapered shape redrawn from scratch with explicit pointy endpoints to fit the 24×24 viewBox. Attribution kept per CC BY 3.0's BY clause.

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Runtime Dependencies (npm, bundled at build time)

| Package | License | Role |

|---|---|---|

| react, react-dom | MIT | UI runtime |

| vite | MIT | Build tool, dev server |

| typescript | Apache-2.0 | Type system |

| pixi.js | MIT | WebGL rendering engine |

| pixi-viewport | MIT | Pan/zoom/culling viewport |

| dockview, dockview-react | MIT | Dockable panel system |

| pdfjs-dist | Apache-2.0 | PDF rendering and text extraction (Mozilla) |

| pdf-lib | MIT | PDF manipulation |

| opentype.js | MIT | Font glyph extraction |

| @tabler/icons-react | MIT | UI icon set |

| cfb | Apache-2.0 | MS-CFBF / OLE Compound File Binary parser (SheetJS) — Altium .PcbDoc container |

A complete, version-pinned inventory is generated from src/frontend/package.json

and src/frontend/package-lock.json.

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Backend Dependencies (Go)

| Package | License | Role |

|---|---|---|

| Go standard library (net/http, crypto, encoding, …) | BSD-3-Clause | HTTP server, crypto, encoding primitives |

| modernc.org/sqlite | BSD-3-Clause | Pure-Go SQLite driver (board reference database, databank, FTS5 PDF index) |

| github.com/klippa-app/go-pdfium | MIT | PDF text extraction for the FTS5 index (embeds the pdfium.wasm blob in the scratch image) |

| github.com/tetratelabs/wazero | Apache-2.0 | Pure-Go WebAssembly runtime hosting pdfium.wasm |

| aead.dev/minisign | MIT | Ed25519 update-manifest signature verification (secure self-update) |

| golang.org/x/text | BSD-3-Clause | Unicode NFKC normalisation for watermark matching |

Version-pinned inventory: src/backend/go.mod, src/backend/go.sum.

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Desktop Wrapper Dependencies (Electron)

| Package | License | Role |

|---|---|---|

| electron | MIT | Desktop application shell |

| @electron/packager | MIT | Build pipeline |

| @electron/universal | MIT | macOS universal binary packaging |

Version-pinned inventory: desktop/package.json, desktop/package-lock.json.

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Sample Files

The files under samples/ are real-world boardview and PDF files

from third-party hardware manufacturers (Apple, ASUS, Quanta, Lenovo, and

others), used as format-compatibility test fixtures. They are not authored by

the BoardRipper project and no copyright is claimed over them. They are

retained here because the corresponding file formats are proprietary and

difficult to reproduce synthetically.

If you are a rights holder and would like a sample file removed, please open

an issue on the BoardRipper GitHub repository and it will be deleted

promptly.

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Tomu FPGA — tomu-fpga.kicad_pcb (bundled sample, lite build)

• License: CC-BY-SA 4.0 (or TAPR OHL), as stated in the file's own title block
• Author: Sean 'xobs' Cross — https://tomu.im
• Used in: src/frontend/public/samples/tomu-fpga.kicad_pcb — the "Try a sample board" button on the lite build's start page
• Nature of use: Redistributed unmodified as a data file so a first-time visitor can see a real, routed board without bringing their own. It is not incorporated into BoardRipper's code; the share-alike term attaches to derivatives of the board design, not to the viewer.

Format Specifications

The documents under docs/formats/ are original technical

write-ups authored by the BoardRipper project. Where the understanding of a

format was informed by an external reference implementation, that reference

is cited in the document header (see individual format docs for details).

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Questions / Corrections

If you believe a source has been omitted, misattributed, or that any part of

BoardRipper violates an upstream license, please open an issue on GitHub.

Attribution corrections are welcomed and handled as priority fixes.

BoardRipper — project page