A look at how the various communities and projects can collaborate to achieve common goals - despite their differing design choices seemingly being etched in tablets of stone (should that be layers of copper clad FR4?).

I will aim to address some of the dynamics between project developers and their communities, reflecting on lessons I've learnt within the gEDA project - and on some of the challenges brought by working more closely with those who might be viewed as our "competition".

I will propose some areas I see as low-hanging fruit for potential collaboration - and some problems to be overcome on the way. There should also be opportunity to explore some more controversial ideas on project re-factoring, drawing upon aspects of last year's EdaCore proposal, and my thoughts on how a common underlying library might be used to bring about the start of project convergence without losing the individual identities and design goals of the projects involved.

If the audience is receptive (or argumentative!), a decent Q&A session would be welcome here!