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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:12:02 GMT
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[ Just for the record: IANAL ]
Fredrik:
> I know that the LDraw software remains the intellectual property of
> James Jessiman's immediate family.
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> But what about the parts (primitives, parts) database as a whole? Is it
> the property of James Jessiman's immediate family as well? Or is it
> free in the GPL sense of the word, meaning that people can copy it,
> change and re-distribute it?
The _collection_ of LDraw files is strictly speaking owned
collectively by all of us who in some way have contributed
to the collection.
The _individual_ LDraw files are owned by whoever worked on
them.
It would be nice if we could agree on a license, even though
the current "we do what we feel is right" system still
works.
Does anyone have a clear idea about how GPL, LPGP, OSL and
OPL would apply to the LDraw parts library, translations of
the parts library, and programs using the original or
translated versions of the LDraw parts libaray?
[ redistributing the parts library ]
> Would this be legal to do?
Only if you can get everyone who have worked on the parts
library to agree to it.
> I think this is an important question to resolve with respect to the
> future of the LDraw community, and would like to see some discussions on
> it.
Yes.
I would like to see that all the current contributers agreed
on a license for the library. We could say that all future
contributions also have to be covered by that license to be
accepted in the library.
I don't know which license we should choose.
Play well,
Jacob
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