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Re: library license
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Tue, 18 May 2004 17:09:42 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Andrew Westrate wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
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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.
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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?
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I imagine we would define the author of the Parts Library as LDraw.org? The
point for me is, parts authors are submitting their work towards the community
effort. It makes much more sense to me that the community organization licenses
out the parts library for use, than the individual authors do.
Whatever license we adopt, it would be good to declare the library as community
property under the auspices of LDraw.org
-Tim
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) That would (as I understand things) be impossible from a legal point of view. (...) Maybe. But that would then require that all the parts authors formally transferred their copyright to LDraw.org. This is possible, but parts authors living in (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) Why dont we do what the Free Software Foundation does with the GNU project. Basicly, everyone wanting to contribute code signs something stating that they hand over copyright to GNU. We do the same thing, with gaurantees in the contract that (...) (21 years ago, 19-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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