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Use "derived symbol" instead of alias

cpresser requested to merge cpresser/klc:extends-replaces-alias into master

In kicad6, the alias function has been removed and replaced with "derived". Its quite similar, but more powerful. Now its possible to have different footprints for derived symbols, which was not possible with the alias function.

In the library files, the wording used is 'symbolA extends symbolB', but the UI uses the wording "derived". So we should stop using the word "extends", it will most likely just bamboozle users.

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