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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:18:23 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message
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> IANAL, but I think that if we take the position that an LDraw'n part is
> completely determined by the shape of the respective brick, i.e., that
> there is no creative process going on while modeling a LEGO brick, then
> the parts library is _not_ copyrightable, at least it isn't in the US.
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> Whether or not there is a creative process going on while modeling a
> part is probably hard to say. What do you think?
There absolutely is a creative process going on when modeling a part. If you
gave 10 people the challenge of modeling the TIE cockpit piece, I guarantee
you would get 10 different .dat files. In any complex part, you must make
artistic judgement about where to skip details, where and how to use
primitives, where exactly two faces intersect, etc. Consider the wide variety
of CAD files derived from a single brick: Ldraw, Blockcad, Leocad, LEGO
Creator, L3GO.
-John Van
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| (...) I'll agree with you. There is definitively a creative process going on when modeling brick, possibly except for the very simplest ones. (...) Yes, but these differences reflect the format, not the author, don't they? Fredrik (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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)
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