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Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:19:51 GMT
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danny@orionrobots.co/nomorespam/.uk
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On 28/08/06, Tim Gould AT@ DOT. DOT.
<t.gouldlancasteracuk@ipx11873.ipxserver.de> wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Ryan Grima wrote:
> > I am working on a project for MLCad, which makes viewing and finding parts
> > easier. I would like my work to be available for people to download, but it
> > requires Ldraw, MLCad and official Ldraw parts files to be downloaded in a
> > package. I would like to know if it is legal to have this file available for
> > download from my personal website?
> >
> > Is it ok?
> >
> > Who can I contact?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> > Siderfang
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> Hi Ryan,
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> Sorry to tell you but it would not be legal. The only site that can deliver the
> parts is http://www.ldraw.org. At present there is no way around this.
>
> Tim
First, I am not a lawyer. Are you sure, I thought the Official parts
were under the OPL:
http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=227
It would be a real blow to know that the community effort on parts
was then boxed up and the community denied the right to redistribute and
modify (two things that I thought the OPL actually specifically covers).
I am certainly glad that many people are holding off signing up to the
official library license if this is the case, and would thoroughly
condone the creation of a GPL or BSD style licensed library.
However, I would have thought the issue would be MLCad, which is
proprietary software that is given away for free, and is not therefore
granting any redistribution rights. Perhaps LeoCAD, which is distributed
under GPL, is more suitable for you. LeoCAD uses its own format for its
parts library, but this can be converted to/from LDraw.
Danny
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Danny Staple MBCS
OrionRobots
http://orionrobots.co.uk/blogs/dannystaple
(Full contact details available through website)
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| (...) Hi Ryan, Sorry to tell you but it would not be legal. The only site that can deliver the parts is (URL) At present there is no way around this. Tim (18 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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