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The LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) has been questioned about LDraw.org's
policy (as expressed by the Contributor Agreement
http://www.ldraw.org/Article349.html, other documentation, or tradition) on
third parties capitalising on the considerable volunteer time, effort, and
ingenuity represented by the part library and the LDraw system?
As stated in the README text http://www.ldraw.org/Article456.html for the LDraw
Parts Library, licensed by the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 2.0 as
specified by the LDraw Contributor Agreement (CA), the SteerCo does not believe
that rendered images of models, created by the LDraw Parts Library and used in
building instructions (on- and/or offline), books or posters, are covered by the
copyright of the parts. LDraw.org will not attempt to enforce any such copyright
as may exist. As such the release of rendered instructions using the library are
believed to be covered only by the licenses of the software used to create them.
POV-Ray files - containing some or more converted parts from the LDraw Parts
Library - used to generate said renders are considered derivative work and would
require proper attribution.
Should any person wish to use LDraw models for building instructions or other
rendered images for sale or otherwise the LDraw SteerCo would appreciate that
the items include due credit to reward the efforts of all those who have
contributed to the library. Furthermore, where possible, the SteerCo would also
appreciate a donation be made to Peeron.com as hosts of LDraw.org (a Paypal
Donation Button can be found in the top left-hand corner of LDraw's homepage).
This is, however, not by any means a requirement.
Paying tribute to the fact that LDraw.org is a completely volunteer organization
the SteerCo prefers workmanship contribution, such as part authoring, parts
reviewing, writing programs or tutorials over financial return.
Willy Tschager
on behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee
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