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Re: Parts license
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:23:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Paul Gyugyi wrote:
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> > 2) Convert and group the files into compressed tar
> > archives, for space efficiency.
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> Interesting. FMI: how do you mean "group"? Like by filename, or some
> other grouping?
By category, probably. On slow disk systems, it may be adventagous
to pre-load and cache an entire category of common parts. It
also opens to door for people to release a collection of pieces
only as a complete set. One might choose to put the entire p
directory in a file, since they are small and frequently used.
> IMO, any program, which doesn't have an inherently "online" function,
> should warn the user before connecting across the internet. At least once.
I'm assuming that a user has to select an "update parts library" menu
option before connecting, although recently I've been seeing
a lot of programs that have the "auto update" feature.
-gyug
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| (...) Hmm. My thought was that if ldraw.org rejects the part, there's no further claim (by ldraw.org) on it. I've had part submissions that I've sent back to the author, because of obvious problems, and the author dropped the submission, for various (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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