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Subject:	Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:05:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: > Orion Pobursky wrote: > > > I'd like to make the following changes to the rules for > > MOTM in order to level the playing field. > > I agree with your ambition. It makes good sense to let MOTM > focus strictly on the models and let SOTM cover more broader > aspects of presenting models. > > > - All submissions will be in LDraw DAT or MPD format. > > Makes good sense. And I would prefer that we insist that > the submissitted files can be published on the LDraw.org > site. I think this is an unreasonable restriction. I'd be interested in understanding why this is something that should be insisted on. In the offline discussions prior to presenting this proposal and elsewhere in the thread, there seem to be a number of people who don't think this restriction is reasonable or necessary.

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		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) I know. (...) Because learning more about what we can do with the LDraw format (IMO) is one of the aims of the contest. And if the files aren't published we don't learn much. Making sure we are allowed to publish the DAT/MPD files also means (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) I agree with Larry about this issue. I consider imposing a restiction like this to be both excessively exculsionary and extremely petty. -Orion (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Hr0Mxq.1qoL@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) understanding (...) discussions (...) to be (...) necessary. I too think this is an unreasonable restriction. It has been a while (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) I agree with your ambition. It makes good sense to let MOTM focus strictly on the models and let SOTM cover more broader aspects of presenting models. (...) Makes good sense. And I would prefer that we insist that the submissitted files can be (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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