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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:49:37 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> Why would commercial endevours be unacceptable? I can't see the point of
> drawing the line between commercial and non-commercial use. If someone can
> figure out a way to make money by adding value to what we've done, more
> power to them. Remember, they are required to credit ldraw.org and provide
> a link to www.ldraw.org. So anyone who buys their stuff will know where to
> get the real deal.
I think we should have something saying that if a person updates a
.dat file then they must also make the changes available to ldraw.org
under this license (and ldraw.org might accept the changes or not).
> Maybe we should require republishers to provide the linke *before*
> purchase/download.
I don't think that's needed, maybe only before purchase.
> Uh, I don't see that at all. In fact, I'd rather *prohibit* redistribution
> than require/allow 'registration' of redistributions.
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> One problem with requiring registration is if we all fall off the face of
> the internet, and someone wants to redistribute the LCAD stuff. If they
> can't contact us, they can't register, and if they can't register, they
> can't redistribute.
I agree with Steve here. If LeoCAD becomes part of Debian then you
would ask every mirror to register with ldraw.org ? That would be too
restrictive.
> But I'd still rather allow redistribution, open-source style, and
> *encourage* people to point to the source, rather than redistributing. And
> encourage them to tell us about the redistribution.
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> > Check out the povray.org licensing - I like what they have done with their
> > redistribution cost rules for POV. We should set some sort of a dollar
> > limit.
>
> Wanna quote the relevant bits, or point me to a webpage?
www.povray.org
Please don't use the POV-Ray license, do you remember the problems it
caused with the LDraw CD ? Having to fill at least xxx MB of the CD.
Leonardo
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