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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:48:01 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> In lugnet.cad.dev, Leonardo Zide writes:
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> > - If a person makes any changes to the files then this person must
> > publish his changes back to the community using the original license.
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> I'm not sure this is practical. It also may not be enforceable.
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.
> 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.
That's the case of LeoCAD and L3P but I wouldn't consider it a
modification, it's simply a conversion to another format.
> Maybe we should make it go this way:
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> 1. The user may modify the library for their[1] own use.
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> 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).
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> 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.
I agree with all 3 points. Reading my message again I see that it's
basically a 'me too' message...
Leonardo
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| (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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