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MLCad extensions in the files on Parts Tracker
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:57:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> writes:
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> > Uh Oh, we need some *unlicensed* documentation on this meta
> > command. It's already used in some official parts. If I have to
> > get permission in writing to use all the features of the official
> > parts (or be liable for unspecified damages) I'm gonna find myself
> > a new hobby.
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> Perhaps the use of the "ROTATION CENTER" meta statement in the parts
> library can be changed into a different, non-licensed format? The
> word "CENTER" breaks the standing LDraw tradition of using British
> English terms anyway. In my opinion it should have been "CENTRE".
>
> And it appears that the ROTATION meta statement is easily confused
> with the LDLITE statement ROTATE, which may be a bad thing.
Meanwhile, Steve could you switch the parts tracker to use MLCAD
instead of ldglite to generate the image files? The whole license
thing and especially the "liable for damages" part makes me nervous.
I don't want to be sued just because someone submits a part with
an MLCAD licensed extension and ldglite is used to convert it into
a picture. I did a quick grep on ldraw.org of the files currently in
the tracker directory and found several files from several different
authors containing MLCAD ROTATION lines. I didn't read much of
the MLCAD extension spec beyond the license so I have no idea what
other licensed extensions may be in there.
Thanks,
Don
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