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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 15:54:18 GMT
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Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message
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> "Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
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> > What if somebody makes an artwork using renderings of parts from the
> > LDraw database and publishes this. Is it acceptable?
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> > Can I use rendered parts from the LDraw database in illustrations and
> > sell them? Use them on my homepage?
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> James was never against allowing us to use drawings in homepages. In
> my opinion, we're not doing any profit here so we don't need to worry
> about this, James was a very nice person and I believe that reflects the
> way his parents are. As always, YMMV.
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 using
renderings to describe or advertise their product. IMHO, this is a perfectly
acceptable use for LDraw renderings--though I must say I did a double-take
when I saw the RCX I modeled being used.
I'm not a lawyer, but I seem to recall that if you add significant "value"
using data, and distribute your own creation, it is not the same as
distributing the data itself. So selling a rendering of an LDraw part is not
the same as selling the part.
-John Van
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I thought everybody knew that. :) (...) This is not the kind of thing that would be in the FAQ. I just said that because I was probably the only person who ever asked permission to use the LDraw library in another program. Maybe Tore had the (...) (27 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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