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In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler writes:
> A further problem may be that the files from the Sploids site unzip to a
> single directory, rather than self-organizing into a \p, \parts, and \part\s,
> so the user must manually move files to the appropriate locations. In
> addition, if the files are found to be undesirable, the user must manually
> remove them, rather than by using a simple program such as that provided by the
> courteous author of MegaBloks-style clone.dats:
That could be an issue, but Steve should tackle that one. I don't know how
your MegaBlok parts unzip (and you know me, the anti-clone, good luck
getting me to download them) ;-)
Are your parts named with a prefix that distinguishes them from the numbered
LDraw parts? It might be a good idea to have a standard prefix requested of
clone DATmakers so they unzip this way, and also to request the files unzip
into parts, p, and s respectively.
> As a final note, I see that the Sploids site links to LDraw.org, but the
> Sploids team doesn't seem to have read the section on brand awareness, since
> they use the improper term "LCAD" a few times.
I don't know how LDraw.org should act in situations like this - something up
for discussion. It would be nice if they are going to use the format they
respect the wishes of the org which provides it. Again, we have no real
authority to enforce any branding wishes, I see it as a respect issue.
Thoughts?
BTW - note that LDraw.org still uses the improper term 'LCAD' in the parts
update files, because Steve hasn't found another name for the files which
fits 8.3 :-) (everywhere else on the site it isn't used though)
> Mind you, I'm the last person to rain on someone else's DAT parade, but I
> wanted to be sure that this commercial use of LDraw is appropriate, and I was
> also curious whether LDraw.org has had any contact with Sploids.com. None of
> my business, really, but as a concerned citizen...
According to the license.txt file provided in LDraw027.exe, both commercial
and noncommercial use is permitted. So what they are doing is fine.
Another note - there is a LEGO employee who asked for permission to use
LDraw to generate images of LEGO parts for a company site :-) Kinda
interesting...
-Tim
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