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Re: Official model repository situation
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:32:36 GMT
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[disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.]
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> I think this is where our way of looking at things diverge.
Well, I think it's tempting to look at it as a transformation when it's
actually reverse-engineering.
> Assuming that somebody wrote this MPD-to-PostScript
> translater I asked for a few weeks ago we could get quite a
> bit closer to an automated transformation of a LDraw file
> into high-quality printed building instructions.
If an artist hand-painted extremely detailed step-by-step instructions on
how to build the model -- and let's say he/she did this from the model
itself without ever having seen the actual building instructions -- how
similar would that be to the original building instructions? It'd be very
different -- even if they both gave you the information you needed to
construct a model.
A painting showing you how to do it would be closer to a videotape showing
you how to do it. Would you suggest that it be illegal to videotape
yourself assembling an official LEGO set and distribute that video?
When we create .DAT representations of official models, we're reverse-
engineering, and we're producing a different and equally valid way to get to
the same end result.
Can you imagine some car manfacturer flipping out whenever some third party
produced their own version of subassembly reassembly instructions as part of
a fix-it guide? How far would that get in court?
--Todd
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| (...) to (...) That's an interesting point. Here's a variation on that: If someone with a good memory watched someone else build a Lego set, he could go home and build it himself. And if he had friends with good memories, he could then show them how (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| Todd: (...) I think this is where our way of looking at things diverge. Assuming that somebody wrote this MPD-to-PostScript translater I asked for a few weeks ago we could get quite a bit closer to an automated transformation of a LDraw file into (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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