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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Peter Howkins wrote:
> > You have more important things to sort out such as a parts
> > library license.
>
> - We are focused on licensing as the first major task after we get
> the organizational stuff done. We are still working on internal
> organization stuff, but it's only been 3 days so far, so we're
> doing good, I think.
>
> > My opinion is they should be placed in
> > the 'public domain',
>
> - We are considering PD as one of the alternatives. It has some
> advantages and some drawbacks. We're interested in input on the pros
> and cons of all the various licensing schemes. How do you think parts
> authors will view PD? The license scheme needs to encourage
> contribution of new/revised parts and enable use.
I'd also recommend Public Domain, or something really short and
simple such as the zlib license. Do you think it does enough to
encourage contributions back into the original library?
The zlib/libpng License
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:
1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you
must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation
would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
distribution.
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| (...) I think Steve Bliss already has prepared something very similar to the zlib license. It should basically just be a matter of getting all the contributors to agree on it. Jacob (21 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) I know the license has been discussed for a long time, but to add my two cents; I'd really like to see the parts library use a Creative Commons license, specifically the Attibution-ShareAlike license ((URL)) or the plain old Attribution (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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