Javier D. Garcia-Lasheras, Open Science Activist wrote the EETimes article KiCad: CERN’s Contribution to Free/Open PCB Design:

The hardware fraternity at CERN believes that KiCad can do to PCB design what the GCC compiler did to software, letting design and development knowledge flow more freely in the open hardware community.
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In order to achieve this goal, CERN is actively working on a set of work packages targeted to bring KiCad up to par with the features of the proprietary PCB tools required for designing complex multilayer and high-density boards.

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