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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:41:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> 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 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 their authors, and
collectively 'owned' by the L-CAD group. If the L-CAD group were to fall apart,
then the authors would need to exert their individual rights.
Terry Keller is working on writing a clear license file for the original
ldraw.exe package. I believe he is leaning toward retaining copyright for all
program files, and GPL'ing the parts library.
IMO, the L-CAD parts should also be GPL'ed. And a clear license file should be
written and included with each update. And information about this should be
made available on ldraw.org, especially for potential part-authors.
It should also be made clear that when files from the original library are
updated and published in an L-CAD release, the copyright remains with the
Jessimans.
Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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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)
| | | Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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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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| | Is the LDraw parts database free?
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| I know that the LDraw software remains the intellectual property of James Jessiman's immediate family. 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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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