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Re: Why aren't LDRAW tools Open Source?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:28:57 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, William R. Ward wrote:
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The LDRAW tools (including MLCAD) are available for free download in binary
form. But the source code is kept private. I’d like to offer a word of
encouragement to the authors and maintainers of the code to consider opening
the source code. This would allow other users who have the programming
skills to submit patches to fix bugs and add features.
For more information about Open Source please see the
Open Source Initiative Web site. They explain
it a lot better than I can.
Imagine setting up a SourceForge instance or at least a CVS server on
ldraw.org and accepting patches from all and sundry. The author/maintainer
would maintain control over the project, while allowing the LDRAW tools to be
a community-supported system instead of having to do all the work themselves.
Think about it ...
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I gave away the source to LSynth and publicly asked for help, given that it
really has never made it past the proof of concept stage. No one has taken me
up on it, so going open source, does not neccessadily get you anywhere.
Kevin
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| I'll be the first to appologize for not having jumped in on this yet : ( It's on my list of things that I want to make time for though : ) The problem here isn't the OSS paradigm, it's the relatively small audience. It can only grow though ... (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Why aren't LDRAW tools Open Source?
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| (...) That is my experience. Nobody has said anything about the source code I have posted. And not all of it was my yucky code, but some awesome OpenGL code written by an OpenGL wiz. And I have tried to read both ldglite, MBC, and LDView source (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Why aren't LDRAW tools Open Source?
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| The LDRAW tools (including MLCAD) are available for free download in binary form. But the source code is kept private. I'd like to offer a word of encouragement to the authors and maintainers of the code to consider opening the source code. This (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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