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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:39:56 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Pat Mahoney" <patmahoney@gmx.net> writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> So I would say that most LDrawn parts, except the most basic ones, are
> indeed copyrightable.
Ok. I see your point.
>
> Fredrik
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