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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:44:13 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> Distribution and use are two different things. It is possible (far fetched,
> but possible) that one could be licensed to distribute something that one was
> not licensed to use. This sort of silliness needs to be avoided. It's common
> sense that if you have the right to distribute you have the right to use, but
> common sense doesn't apply to licenses, at least that's been my experience.
> [...]
LOL! (It's a sad sort of silliness, but still humourous[1].) Totally agree.
BTW, from my point of view, as a modelmaker, I wanna be able to use the
standard "official" parts and make renderings of them and supply those on
webpages as static images. But someday I'd love to see someone make a
DAT-to-VRML converter (whatever happened to VRML, anyway?) or whatever
text-based 3D thingie becomes the defacto standard for browsers, and in
that case I might wanna publish my models as original DATs as well as the
converted forms.
In terms of LUGNET, I also would like to be able to take a parts image
library and serve images made from the parts -- like what the Partsref is
doing, for example, but with multiple colors and, ultimately, multiple sizes
and perhaps even multiple output formats (GIF, PNG, VRML, etc.).
--Todd
[1] wow, both "humorous" (o/ou) and "humourous" (ou/ou) look funny. :-)
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| (...) was (...) but (...) Ack. I just thought of an example of being licensed to distribute but not use. It's an obvious one! Can you think of it too? OK, think hard... spacing so that the answer doesn't show up in the summary ... spacing so that (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) They're different. Paid up means that even if a fee is instituted at some point, the current license holders are covered. No charge doesn't carry that meaning. Paid up is a special term used in this sort of gobbledegook. (...) Yes. One is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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