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Re: non-CA parts [was: Re: 3 noble quests for ldraw part creators]
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:54:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Wayne Gramlich wrote:
> Any pre CA parts are merely copyrighted. While technically
> redistributing the non-CA files is a copyright infringement,
> there is really very little risk that any non-CA author would
> complain. They did originally contribute the part to the LDraw
> community so they would be redistributed. (Otherwise, they
> would not have contributed the part.) If somebody did
> complain, a simple "cease and desist" letter would suffice
> to prevent further redistribution. Taking LDraw.Org to
> court and suing for damages would be a total waste of
> time and money.
All true. And we should be able to continue distributing non-CA files under the
same (non) terms we've been using for several years.
> I guess what I am trying to say is that as long as the non CA
> parts are marked as such, there is really no reason not to
> distribute them along with the CA parts.
Right. But we need to, at least, have separate distributions. The CA library
can be distributed via more channels (for example, the Debian distro). We can
only defensibly distribute the non-CA files via LDraw.org.
> Lastly, how many parts are we talking about here? 10's,
> 100's, etc.?
At least hundreds. But some/many of those files may have older versions that
*are* CA-compliant.
Steve
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