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Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
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Date: 
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:26:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
A note worthy of some serious consideration, I got a priavte email from Jude
Beaudin, who suggested the name might infringe on LEGO's interests.  He
suggested the project be renamed to 'LDraw Connection Database' instead,
preserving the acronym and making it more accurate.  Its a connection
database for the parts in the LDraw library.

Thoughts?

Is it restricted in applicability to just LDraw parts? (that is, if there
were a competing parts format, could the idea be applicable? Could the
database (perhaps with coordinate transformation) itself?

If it's not restricted (and I think it's not) then I don't see using LDraw
in the name. It DOES get around using LEGO(r), but that isn't necessarily
bad, is it?

What does LDraw stand for, after all?



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  Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
 
(...) Is there a contemporaneous format to which LCD could apply? (honest question) (...) LEGO is sensitive about the use of their name. [No different than GoB(tm)] (...) I think it now stands for LDraw, formerly it was something like LEGO Draw. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
 
(...) Depends. The issue really is the compatibility between the libraries, if I understand correctly. Different parts libraries have different center points for the parts, and that's the big issue. A conversion table would have to be made between (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
 
A note worthy of some serious consideration, I got a priavte email from Jude Beaudin, who suggested the name might infringe on LEGO's interests. He suggested the project be renamed to 'LDraw Connection Database' instead, preserving the acronym and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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