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Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 5 Jan 2004 16:32:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:45:27PM +0000, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > If the model has commercial ties before or during the contest then I
> > might (note the word might) have a problem with the submission. In my
> > opinion, the reasoning behind an author's decision to keep the source
> > private is irrelevent and not the business of anyone but the author,
> > but if the reason is to reserve to the right to offer the model as
> > part of some future commercial venture, then I would have no problem.
>
> So you wouldn't have a problem with someone saying (on their e-shop)
> "buy the instructions to build this winner of the official Ldraw.org
> MOTM contest winner"? I would.
I would too, IF they weren't the original author.
And making the dat public enables that sort of behaviour far too easily. Hence
my aversion to it.
On the other hand, if they were the author, I think it's perfectly fine. If your
model is good enough to win something, why be ashamed of that?
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