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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 19:37:36 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Leonardo Zide writes:
> - If a person makes any changes to the files then this person must
> publish his changes back to the community using the original license.
I'm not sure this is practical. It also may not be enforceable.
Someone may 'modify' the library in a way that ldraw.org can't use. For
example, they may do a mechanical conversion of the files to a binary format,
perhaps in a single file. Ldraw.org wouldn't have any use for that.
Also, ldraw.org must be able to reject any contributions (typically for
reasons of quality or (in)compatibility). If a modification is rejected, it
wouldn't be covered under the terms of any license, so the user wouldn't be
able to redistribute the change as part of the Library. This is a big
limitation on being able to modify the files.
Maybe we should make it go this way:
1. The user may modify the library for their[1] own use.
2. The user may redistribute the library in any format, as long as the content
remains essentially unchanged. (this would allow the example I gave above).
3. If the user wants to redistribute content modifications, they must submit
these changes to ldraw.org. If the changes are accepted, then the user can
redistribute the new version of the library. If the changes are not accepted,
the user cannot distribute the changes as part of the library.
That covers all those bases, I think. The problem is with rejected changes.
If the user changes it some more, must they resubmit? I suppose they would
have to...
--
Steve
1) Sorry for misusing 'their' and 'they' as third-person, non-gendered
singular, but I like it better than 'his or her', 'his/her' or 'his/er'.
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| (...) A lot of licenses work that way. Maybe I used the word "publish" wrong, I want to make sure that if someone fixes a bug in a part, he's forced to send his fixes to ldraw.org and allow everyone to use them. (...) That's the case of LeoCAD and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:G15Fuo.IHw@lugnet.com... (...) Then just use the standard English word for non-gendered (or actually gender inclusive) singular possessive, which happens to be "his." -John Van (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts license
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| I'd like to propose an official license for the LDraw parts, I think this is something that has been mentioned before but we didn't get very far in the past. This is important now that there are plans to create am LDraw CD-ROM and I need this (...) (24 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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