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Steve: (...) It is preferable that it is clear what can and can not be done with the library. Otherwise people will come and ask us "all the time". (...) People shouldn't have to ask for permission to do anything we can agree it is reasonable to let (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3u2mipne0.fsf@....uio.no... (...) There absolutely is a creative process going on when modeling a part. If you gave 10 people the challenge of modeling the TIE cockpit piece, I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jonathan Wilson: (...) In our case the source code is files in LDraw format, and the "executable programs" are derivations such as POV-Ray files, raytraces, and LDraw output in general. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve: (...) [...] It is definitely a useable option. How will the specification document look then? If it is easier to read that way, then you have one proponent for that solution. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm afraid I don't fully understand what you mean here. On the second last line, are you saying that you could distribute it on the internet, provided that you keep the program and the parts together and made sure that it was a fully working (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org> writes: [ snipped the Gnu Manual License ] (...) This is probably quite similar to the X11 License I posted in my previous post, and I think something like that would suffice for the parts library. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's the fuzziness I dislike. I would like to see some clear legal terms for the use of the parts. About the "community created" parts library, not the ones made by James Jessiman, I agree with Larry Pieniazek that the GPL is a bit too (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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* Jonathan Wilson (wilsonj@xoommail.com) [991118 10:09]: (...) GPL refers to source code and binaries, and the fact that shipping a binary only won't let you fix problems your self (RMS has a story about a #$*#$& printer that, if they had the driver (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have mailed with Jammes Jessiman about selling the parts, and program he made. This was his answer: You may sell it as long as you keep the parts and program together and proper. He ment I could distribute it as if I was the internet I could (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So do we want to clearly delineate what people can, and cannot, do with the parts library? Or is it better to leave it fuzzy? If people have to ask permission before doing certain actions (such as translating and/or redistributing), who do (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good point. I haven't read the GPL lately, and I have a bad memory for license details. Steve (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The clause in the GPL refers to "source code" i.e. something which can be compiled into an executable program. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hear Hear. What he said. (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm not so keen on seeing the parts GPLed as I don't want to be in the business of handling requests for the parts library if I give someone some instructions that were made using them. Be very careful before you GPL something, it conveys specific (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree with this statement, but I was hoping that we could have this stated in a more formal way somewhere. I find this very important as people spend hundreds of hours of work on the parts which are donated to the LDraw community. (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you've had to say it a hundred times already, I think it _should_ be in the FAQ. That's what FAQs are for, isn't it? Frequently answered questions. (...) Nah, I wouldn't say so. The parts database isn't distributed with LDLITE. Sure, LDLITE (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:xrgyOJpVudlFIjV...4ax.com... (...) numbers (...) number (...) me (...) This is a perfect opportunity for the LCAD community to give a HUGE round of applause to Terry Keller for his (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Still discussing (URL). Here's another syntactical approach to BFC. Like it, hate it, let us know what you think. Have a single 0 BFC statement, which allows specifications of various options/settings. Something like: 0 BFC ( CERTIFY | NOCERTIFY | (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:3831F66E.B12CD0....com.br... (...) A number of people _are_ using parts from the LDraw database to help make a profit. Parts auctions, and even a supplier of "homebrew" sensors are (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The files James published are copyrighted, and his family has control on the copyright. They have given 'us', the L-CAD group, permission to continue to publish and maintain his work. The additional parts, as Jacob said, are copyrighted by (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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