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Re: All Encompassing Installer Not Available on Ldraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:28:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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The BW03 AEI actually was release to both guest at the conference and the
GENERAL PUBLIC at LEGOLAND during the weekend. So it became the 1st OFFICAL
LDRAW AEI!
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Ack! I have had that BW03 disk in my possession for months. And as you say,
the installer is right there on the disk. Looks like there’s 3.5 MB of train
models besides. AND a host of tutorials also. All told there’s approx. 418 MB
of stuff there. Very nice.
Y’all should be selling this kind of disk via Ldraw. Even if you can’t host
the installer online, something like this might help the Org’s financial side
of things. And maybe I’m just missing it, but shouldn’t there be a paypal
link (or some such thing) somewhere on the Org front page for accepting
contributions?
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The selling of the “AEI BW03” installer IS NOT LEGALLY POSSIBLE! This is
becuase that installer has POV-Ray included with it’s installer, the POV license
DOES NOT allow the selling of it’s software. Furthermore, MLCAD also has a
small issue with for $$$$ of it’s application.
More importantly, however is that LDRaw.org is NOT an OFFICAL LEGAL organization
inthe US or anywhere else. Techincally the parents of creator of LDraw still
hold all the rights. While talk has been to make LDRaw.org the offical LEGAL
ldraw license holder that is *still* in the talks,works,etc pahse. So having
$$$ involved right now would only complicate things.
Furthermore, the BW03 installer was made with a TRAIL version of an installer
application. Under the license agreement you can make and distriube installer
.exe files made by that application SO LONG AS YOU DO NOT MAKE $$$$ from it. =)
So we REALLY CAN NOT MAKE $$$$ from it.
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I’m sure there’s all kinds of stuff to do, but this kind of thing should get
put on the fast track. I’m pretty excited at this kind of ease of
installation. Not that it’s SO hard to install LDraw otherwise, but this
just makes it SO much easier. Really, it’s what’s always been needed.
It’s the perfect product to offset some of LDraw.org’s costs of maintenance.
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Thank you...
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BTW, is it on the disk for the “Virtual LEGO” book? Is that book for private
gain, or does it also help LDraw.org? Given some of the names involved, is
there even a difference?
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Ahui speaking as an Author of the Virtual LEGO book
The installer used for the book is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than the BW03 installer.
a) The installers were made with different software applications (one that I and
Tim bought a license for, thus allowing us to use it for commerical or
non-commerical use), b) the book installer has some applications that the BW03
installer did not include, and c) the book installer places 3rd part ldraw
installations in a different location that the BW 03 installer. The BW03
installer was the basis from which I made the book installer but some things
have chnaged. The licenses are also a bit different. The important thing to
remember as stated on the book is that ALL THE SOFTWARE IS FREE AND AVALIABLE
ONLINE! Thus the installer is FREE you are paying for the book.
Ahui speaing as LDraw Help Desk Again
For the upcoming west coast conference (BrickFest PDX) I will again be creating
a CD-ROM with a new LDraw installer. The instaler will once again follow very
closely to what the BW03 installer does/looks like and NOT the “Virtual LEGO
book” installer.
-AHui
LDarw Help Desk
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| (...) Ack! I have had that BW03 disk in my possession for months. And as you say, the installer is right there on the disk. Looks like there's 3.5 MB of train models besides. AND a host of tutorials also. All told there's approx. 418 MB of stuff (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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