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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Peter Howkins wrote:
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You have more important things to sort out such as a parts
library license.
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- We are focused on licensing as the first major task after we get
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My opinion is they should be placed in
the ‘public domain’,
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- We are considering PD as one of the alternatives. It has some
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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?
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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
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/) or the plain old Attribution
license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/). These have the benefit
of being simple and standardized.
Andy
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| (...) Good point. Both of them are fine with me. I think I prefer the Attribution-ShareAlike license, if I have to make a choice between the two. It seems like if would be a good idea, if the parts library maintainers set up a poll among the parts (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) The only blurry point I see with those is the clause: "Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author." Who is the author of the parts library? ROSCO (21 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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