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Re: Sounds good, however... (from an LDRAW neophyte)
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Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:28:16 GMT
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On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 02:26:05AM +0000, Pat Hough wrote:
First, I'd like to thank those who will be forming this group. The
licenses are of course my biggest personal issue. So, thanks and good
luck :)
[snip]
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> Additional concerns follow.
> ==================================================
> > There's been occasional discussion about formalizing the LEGO-style
> > CAD fan organization. Although an informal organization usually
> > serves us pretty well, there are some things an informal group can
> > not do, such as deal well with keeping a treasury, or establishing
> > license agreements.
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> Why a treasury? Why license agreements?
Well, I am packaging leocad for Debian GNU/Linux, and it depends on the
parts library. Without a license or notice, at least in the US,
copyrightable things are copyrighted by the owner with all rights
reserved. This makes it technically illegal for me to put the parts
library into Debian; the parts library comes with no such notice.
I already have the packages but they cannot go into Debian. And
Debian-jr (which is a group that packages software for kids) and I
would like to see leocad get into Debian.
But, as others have said, this has been discussed before and I do not
intend to start another thread about it.
[snip]
> Peace,
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> Pat
--
Pat Mahoney <patmahoney@gmx.net>
I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet,
so I took his shoes.
-- Dave Barry
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| When I wrote the original reply to the proposal last Friday, I knew what I was letting myself in for and braced very hard this morning for the onslaught of Pandora's Box. However, after reading every followup in the thread, I must say that I am (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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