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Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:48:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
The LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) has recently discussed the issue of
embedded POV-Ray code in Official Parts Library files.  After careful
consideration and with inputs from leading non-LSC members, most notably Lars
Hassing and Chris Dee, we have agreed that the inclusion of this code is
undesirable.

Our main reasoning behind this conclusion is outlined below is that the
inclusion of POV-Ray code locks the Official Library into a standard beyond  the
control of the LSC. The intermixing of language formats creates backwards
compatiblity issues that are too large to ignore.

Could you give a bit more info on the compatability issues (or a pointer to
where they're discussed)?



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  Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
 
(...) Basically, The POV team controls the syntax, functionality, and implementation of the POV-Ray Scene Description Language (P-R SDL) format. While the POV Team is very good at maintaining backwards compatibility, they have in the past change the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
 
The LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) has recently discussed the issue of embedded POV-Ray code in Official Parts Library files. After careful consideration and with inputs from leading non-LSC members, most notably Lars Hassing and Chris Dee, we (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)

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