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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:41:37 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > - A person is free to use and redistribute the parts (a small fee may
> > be charged to cover media costs).
> > - 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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> The basic question here is too big for a few people to decide; it concerns
> everyone who includes themselves in 'the group known as ldraw.org'.
And who would that group be ? Only person who actually do some work
directly for ldraw.org or it includes everyone who contributed a part to
the library or a program ?
> Should ldraw.org restrict redistributions of the parts library? Or should
> people be able to modify and publish their own versions of the library, as
> they see fit?
I think redistribution is too vague, we should have different
conditions for unmodified and for modified versions of the library. My
simplified view of how things should be:
- Anyone is free to redistribute unmodified versions of the library
(unmodified includes conversion to another format without changes to the
content) if they only charge a small fee, give credit to the authors and
include the license.
- Anyone is free to redistribute modified versions of the library if
they give credit to the authors, list their changes and publish the
changes to existing files under our license. New files added to the
library can have any license.
Leonardo
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Parts license
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| "Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:39CA2C31.7D06F3....com.br... (...) concerns (...) I don't have a ton of time to reply to comments on library distribution, but here's a little clarification on what I see as Steve (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Who are 'ldraw.org'? (was: Parts license)
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| (...) Isn't that a self-answering question? ;) Substitute my statement for 'that group' in your statement, and you get: "And who would (everyone who includes themselves in 'the group known as ldraw.org') be?" I guess we'd have to take a roll-call. I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Parts license
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| (...) I agree. (...) What does 'conversion to another format' mean? Do you mean converting the ARJ archive to ZIP format? How about converting the ASCII data to EBCDIC? Or doing a straight conversion to a binary format?[1] How about reorganizing the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts license
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| (...) The basic question here is too big for a few people to decide; it concerns everyone who includes themselves in 'the group known as ldraw.org'. So this is for everyone: Should ldraw.org restrict redistributions of the parts library? Or should (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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