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Re: LDraw.org 2008-01 Parts Library Update now available
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:59:50 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Chris Dee wrote:
> The 2008-01 LDraw parts library update has been now been released.
>
> This release is complete re-issue of the official library, up to and including
> the last (2005-01) parts update, with the primary purpose of aligning the
> library with the Contributor Agreement. This clarifies the redistribution status
> of the part files within the library, and standardises the file headers.
>
> To this end, a total of 90 files have been excluded from the re-distributable
> library because we have been unable to contact the original author or persuade
> them to affirm the Contributor Agreement. The current community of LDraw part
> authors is working to re-create those parts so that they can be added to the
> re-distributable library in a subsequent parts update.
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> In addition to separating the parts that are not re-distributable, We have taken
> the opportunity to separate two additional classes of part files and make their
> installation optional in a new Windows installation package.
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> - Alias parts : generic colour versions of parts that are physically identical
> to parts in the core parts library, but have a different part number, either
> because of production differences between opaque and transparent parts or due to
> evolution of the part numbering scheme.
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> - Physical colour parts : hard-coded colour versions of parts or composite
> parts.
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> No new parts are included in this update, but its release does now make it
> possible to restart the more regular publication of additions to the library.
> Minor changes have been made to part descriptions as part of the header
> standardisation.
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> You can download the update for Windows systems by going to
> <http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates> or the LDraw.org download page at
> <http://www.ldraw.org/Downloads-req-viewdownload-cid-1.html>. Work is continuing
> to make this update available for Mac and Linux users.
>
> Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library Administrator)
A hearty congratulations and thank you for all this hard work.
This is a significant achievement!
Kevin
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