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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:48:01 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> 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.

  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:
> 
> 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.

  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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  Re: Parts 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. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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