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(...) Strictly speaking, you need to reply to Tim's original post to actually nominate. Steve (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I don't follow but see below (...) I think that: a,b,d are covered by the CA "no obigation" clause c is covered by the "Author grants permission to other authors to modify their work" clause but I agree that a rewording may be in order (...) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) True. (...) I think the "in perpetuity" phrase above fills this (...) That's good. (...) I think this is good but others might balk at the non-specificness of terms (...) The fist paragraph of the agreement defines "Author" as anyone who (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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BTW, for everything I wrote earlier in this thread, c/Name:/Author:/. Thanks. (...) I'm open to more programmatic enforcement, but I'm not seeing what that would be like. For this discussion, I'd be happy if there is mention that attribution (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Speaking personally [1]: For the initial CA we should contact everyone who's got Submit rights, plus anyone named in a Name: line for whom we have contact details. New users should be asked to accept the CA as part of them getting Submit (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Standing policies, yes, but programmatic enforcement, no. Too much in this arena relies on you and I applying those policies correctly in the parts updates. And there is always going to have to be some flexibility that needs admin judgement. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That might be a good idea. We do have standing policies for most situations; everything from making minor fixes to using someone else's code in a new part to rearranging an existing file into new file(s) to entirely rewriting an existing part. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Skip the above. The C.A. can't take away any rights of the author, and shouldn't. Several people maintain webpages of 'their' parts, and they should be able to do so. If people want to distribute their own parts, more power to them (...) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Do you mean the entire "Contributor's agreement", or just the "auto-approve changes checkbox"? Steve (who almost certainly won't be accepting that checkbox) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) But that's not what the text says. The one real reason to have two agreements (AFAIK) is that we don't want to treat the library is simply an archive of all the individual files -- we want it to have a unique identity. So using 'file' and (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That's hard to put into legalese, I fear, but I agree that's an important concept. I think we all agree once we have this fixed there won't be, and won't need to be, change at the macro level. How WOULD we go about codifying that idea? (...) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I haven't thought it properly through yet, but I would like to have some assurance that either the basic characteristics of the license will remain unchanged (for example through a fixed "human readable" version of the license) or that I as an (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I agree with Dan. As one of the more important people that need to accept the final resolution, I'd like to know exactly what you object to or what you think needs to be changed. -Orion (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Jacob - I think you understand these things a lot better than me. Could you explain your thoughts? (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It could be for reasons as simple as the server being temporarily off-line. Greetings, Jacob (who doesn't think he'll accept the redistribution agreement) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I would hope that any changes made to a part file would include attribution to the original author(s). Perhaps this should be spelled out in the license? Other than this one little issue, I like what I see. Putting these two licenses into (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) In case we find a part that's broken or wrong, we are under no obligation to release it. -Orion (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I can't accept the nomination. I don't think I have the temperament required for such a position. For instance, if I don't get my way with the spacelaunch brick currently under review, I think I'm gonna cry. So instead, could I nominate Travis (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) What is the reason for requiring this clause in the licence? (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) There has been a lot of discussion on this already. We carefully considered all the discussion and decided that two licenses offer the best approach for maximum flexibility. The text of the posted draft license itself highlights a key thing (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) (URL) I can see no difference in the human readable summary, it's likely the differences are in the legal version. This seems a good an open license. (...) Could your explain your thinking behind why you believe this second license is (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ooo, pretty. Thanks, Steve, this looks cool :-) -Tim (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Everyone - First I want to offer the Steering Committee's apologies for the delay in moving this issue forward. We've spent some time discussing the license and now we are ready to present a proposed solution for comments and feedback. After talking (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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Congratulations to the winners of the May Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Chris Parkinson, Masakari> (URL) SOTM, Bruno Kurth, 2-wide Land> -Orion (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) Heh, I forgot that part. I probably stuck it in there though, knowing me. For this one, I just re-used the nomination rules from last year. -Tim (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well, I nominated 7 people for the SteerCo, but those had to all be in separate posts to satisfy the nomination rules ;-). The fact that I nominated so many people there was the reason I didn't respond to the nomination request here when I (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I suspect this post was missed due to the US-holiday weekend. (...) Since no one has made any nominations, or volunteered, I'd like to nominate the current members of the LSC, in its entirety: - Orion Pobursky, parts author, LDraw.org (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) But you *can* watch it anyway! Got the main page and choose 'Community - Contests', then you have 'View the current month's contest submissions' where you can click MOTM, and see all the pictures even after voting (I should know, I have askeed (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm running a current CVS build of LDGLite on Windows XP. I did the rendering on my laptop which is a Dell Inspriron 600m with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. My graphics driver is slightly out of date since the newest one causes funky things to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Heh, I noticed some artifacts in the ldglite renderings as well. On the lawnmower, I can clearly see the fat rounded line end points didn't get drawn. Some opengl implementations don't support it, most notably the MESA offscreen driver. What (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I'll have time this weekend for posting properly but here are the winners: MOTM: Chris Parkinson - "Masakari" SOTM: Bruno Kurth - 2-wide land -Orion (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Was there a winner for May ? (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I just voted for the model of the month and as such can NOT access the page anymore. However, can the person who modeled the passanger train bridge please email me. I'm interested in getting the LDraw file for you if possible. That was one (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I used LDGLite. I was planning on using LDView but I had to some problem getting the renderings exactly the way I wanted. -Orion (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Great to see it up again. Just one question: which program was used for this month's model renderings? (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Oops, thanks. I fixed it. -Orion (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Cool beans, Orion. FYI - I think you inserted the wrong title on one of the SOTM images. 'Atomium' appears twice -- on two different scenes. -Tim (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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The voting for the July Model of the Month and Scene of the Month contests is now open at LDraw.org. Visit the (URL) voting page> to cast your vote. I apologize again for the cancellation of last month's contest. -Orion (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) Youngster! How about another 50 years! All kidding aside, congratulations and thanks to the community, who have made this milestone possible. (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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LDraw.org celebrates five years of being online today. The project began in early 1999 and launched to the public on July 7 of that year, almost two years after James Jessiman passed away. Since then, both the site and the community have grown leaps (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.org, lugnet.publish) !
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