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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:46:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
<snip>
> About the only thing ldraw.org could[1] do is to start an 'LDraw.org
> Compatible' program, where various programs could label themselves as LDraw
> compliant, if they follow the standards.[2]  But that sounds too
> Mickey-Mouse to be worth doing, IMO.

<snip>

> 2) Such standard would need to include an outlet for developers to
> do their own thing, without having to check with some committee
> somewhere.

The point of setting an 'LDraw.org Compatible' format would be to set the
framework of LDraw files, not to restrict what can be in LDraw files.  If a
programmer wants to implement thier own extensions, that would OK and if
said extensions gain widespread use then we could, with the developer's
permission, fold them into to base spec.

-Orion



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  Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
 
(...) Exactly. -Tim (24 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
 
(...) I really agree with Dan on this point. As I mentioned in another message, a standards body could certainly come up with suggestions for standard commands, but they wouldn't have any power of enforcement. About the only thing ldraw.org could[1] (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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