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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:19:14 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky writes:
> 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.
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> <snip>
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> > 2) Such standard would need to include an outlet for developers to
> > do their own thing, without having to check with some committee
> > somewhere.
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> 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.
Exactly.
-Tim
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