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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> > I imagine we would define the author of the Parts Library as LDraw.org? The
> > point for me is, parts authors are submitting their work towards the community
> > effort. It makes much more sense to me that the community organization licenses
> > out the parts library for use, than the individual authors do.
> >
> > Whatever license we adopt, it would be good to declare the library as community
> > property under the auspices of LDraw.org
> Why dont we do what the Free Software Foundation does with the GNU project.
> Basicly, everyone wanting to contribute code signs something stating that
> they hand over copyright to GNU.
>
> We do the same thing, with gaurantees in the contract that ensure that
> ldraw.org will only retain copyright as long as the parts are available
> under <insert licence we choose here>
>
> People would only need to sign the thing and transfer copyright if they
> want parts on the tracker or in the parts library.
The only problem with that is getting permission from authors that have *already
contributed*. Many are no longer contactable, and of those that are, there may
be some that don't want their work owned by Ldraw.org. You'd effectively need to
create a new library, and add the old parts to it as permission is granted by
authors.
And contacting all the authors initially would not be a trivial task either.
ROSCO
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