Yes, this is what I was getting at. Somewhat selfishly, I asked this question because one slice of the company I just stated involves developing open source ha

Yes, this is what I was getting at. Somewhat selfishly, I asked this question because one slice of the company I just stated involves developing open source hardware. I want to pick the right EDA tool in terms of capabilities and usability, but especially community adoption in order to reduce friction for people to use and fork our projects. Also, to other commenters’ points, I expect to use Altium or something “worse” for >6 layer boards and pick a free, open source tool for <=6 layer. This is due to the capabilities of the tools, familiarity from contract manufacturers, and the low likelihood that a hobbyist is going to get high layer count or HDI boards fabbed and stuffed in any case.