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(...) Jim, There are a dozen books out there with building instructions made using LDraw tools. I've been involved with four. No-one has ever expressed negative attitudes about this activity (OK, every book has its critics ;^) IMHO the for profit (...) (16 years ago, 21-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message news:K5pKBo.Ivo@lugnet.com... (...) Could you please add the following: LDDP builds a sorted model around the 0,0,0 point for X,Y,Z - but this is an incorrect way to sort a model. (...) (16 years ago, 21-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have addressed this to the SteerCo in order to elaborate an official statement. Said this, I'm in sync with Orion when he states that "Commercial sale of instruction images rendered from LDraw models does NOT violate the CA" since they are (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That makes sense to me. I was careful to ask because of how vigorously the opposing point was argued in that discussion - by some LDraw committee members, no less. (...) I wrote that in jest. (What, you mean you're not rolling in gold (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Such a rule about the using images generated from Ldraw would be impossible to enforce even if it did exist. That would be like Microsoft claiming ownership of every document made with MS Office or a paint company saying that they own the end (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) True, and given the amount of LEGO related books that have been published in the last few years we have a set a precedence supporting this idea. -Orion (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for your answers, Tore. Only instructions would be sold, so software would not be a concern. Jim (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Since the discussion you linked contained much debate about the derivative status of rendered images, I'd like to know if anyone wearing a SteerCo hat can confirm my conclusion. "Commercial sale of instruction images rendered from LDraw models (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes. The purpose of my post was to have them answered again, up-to-date and in direct response to the ideas I set forth. (...) The readme suggests that rendered images are not considered derivative works. Since an instruction booklet consists (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Jim, some of these questions have been answered before. This is a bit lengthy: (URL) all boils down to this final policy: (URL) version will be shipped with the new CA-Library) We also had a similar discussion quite recently: (URL) for copyright (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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