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"Pat Mahoney" <patmahoney@gmx.net> writes:
> It could probably be argued that since the parts represent physical
> things, they [the data in the library] are just "discovered"
> measurements of empirical data. They are not "created" and therefore
> not copyrightable.
This is true, however the creation of parts is not merely a mechanical
process -- the author does actually go through a creative process to
model a part. This is because the author has to choose which details
to model and which primitives to use.
So I would say that most LDrawn parts, except the most basic ones, are
indeed copyrightable.
Fredrik
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| (...) This is a good point, and I agree with it. I don't know if it has anything to do with copyright or not. (...) As I understand it (and IANAL), 'copyright' applies to the expression of ideas. So you can hold copyright on a file, which prevents (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| I am sorry to jump in so late. I am the debian packager of LeoCAD. My general thoughts on this follow. I think it would be best to use a common, existing license rather than add to the license soup if at all possible. Of course, one doesn't want to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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