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Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:41:12 GMT
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Snipped most of the message... ok.. all of it.. :-)
I have some thoughts on why TLG hasn't thought about trying to shut this
down... I'm sure they already know the group as a whole isn't very happy
with them. To turn around, and try to shut down a group effort this big
could take them more than it would be worth with their already falling
profit. [1] Shutting down one person is no biggie.. write a letter..
Ok... all taken care of.. With this, first they gotta figure out all the
people.. say what?? 20... 30... or more and how many hiding in the
background... And then you're probably looking at upwards of 500 people
have it installed on their system.. Besides who says we can't keep it
alive even after they complain.. we just don't post the images... we
trade them amongst ourselves.. I for one, no matter what they do or say,
will not delete that prg from my hard drive. We aren't hurting TLG by
trying to show off our creations and allowing others to build them if
they so desire.. if anything we are helping them, people see our stuff
and buy more Lego in order to build those things.
I do as of right now though... have some doubts about the OMR... do we
really want to push our luck? those are TLG instructions... They have
been nice enough as to allow us to post the older instruction scans..
though how far are they going to let us take that? right now they
apparently don't see a problem.. What about the next President of the
co.? What happens if he gets up on the wrong side of the bed one
morning?
--
just my .02 bricks...
Keep on Bricken'
-Tamy
[1] I'm sure some of us would be angry enough to boycott lego, Sure lets
totally alienate them.. it's only profit :)
Follow the bouncing boxes!
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/jambalaya.html
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
http://mookie.iwarp.com/ (mirror site)
Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Why TLG doesn't have a leg to stand on anymore.
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| Despite the dire Subject line, I am only refering to good things for people who author "lego" software. There are the PR problems that Mookie mentioned, but there is more than that. Lego has lost the IP rights in several countries (due to time). (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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| (...) IIRC (this would be from e-mail he sent me that I almost certainly no longer have, and is stuff I know because I was making an attempt to port it to a Windows version): - It was LEGO Germany - The dispute was over TLG's rights to "studded (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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