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Subject: 
Re: Snatch it?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:51:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Braith Garden wrote:
> > > Why can't someone a bit more motivated grab the ball and run with it, so to speak.
> > 
> > Because our general approach has been that contributions to LDraw.org must be made
> > voluntarily.  We are not going to pull stuff in from people without their knowledge.
> 
> I strongly agree with this and feel we really need to adhere to it. This case
> seems to be shading toward "they approved in advance" but still, it's a good
> policy to adhere to. I had thought that every avenue had been exhausted, and was
> willing to compromise a bit, with lots of disclaimers, but you've come up with
> another good approach, Steve, which ought to be exhausted first before taking
> the parts, even with many disclaimers, is even considered again.
> 
> > However, would it help at all if we could get someone fluent in Japanese to lend a
> > hand?  I see Gonta's website has links to translators, but it can still be hard to
> > follow & understand machine translations, especially when trying to track someone
> > down.  Gonta's site seems to have a discussion board (I didn't look at it).  Maybe
> > that would be a way to make contact?
> 
> That seems a great idea. Unfortunately I don't know anyone myself I can tap
> into, most of the people that I know that speak Japanese are in a work context
> (or a MegaTokyo context). Another poster in a totally unrelated thread noted
> that it has traditionally been hard to build good bridges to the Japanese fan
> community for whatever reason.
> 
> Any chance of success by just trying to randomly contact people via that board
> if the board allows contact? or just pasting something in english with much
> apologies and hoping for the best?

I have a friend that lives in Japan and speaks Japanese.  I'll email him for
help.

-Orion



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  Re: Snatch it?
 
(...) Very cool! :) Steve (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
  Re: Snatch it?
 
(...) Well guys, no dice. We sent an Email in Japanese to every address we could find. Thay all bounced undeliverable. I guess this means that if you want to use his parts then you'll have to rework them for PT complience and then submit giving (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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(...) I strongly agree with this and feel we really need to adhere to it. This case seems to be shading toward "they approved in advance" but still, it's a good policy to adhere to. I had thought that every avenue had been exhausted, and was willing (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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