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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:12:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> 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.
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 they ask? Who can give permission?
Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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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)
| | | Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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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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| | 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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