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Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
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lugnet.cad.dev
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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.
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> 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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