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Re: License Intent
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Tue, 25 May 2004 10:12:54 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

It seems clear to us that there ought to be two licenses.
LDraw.org needs to be a conduit or intermediary. That is,
there needs to be some distinction between what an author
grants Ldraw and what LDraw grants the user rather than it
being a straight author to user license.

I can't see the reason for this.  Why shouldn't any user of
the parts files have the same rights as LDraw.org?  What
special permissions does LDraw.org need, which it would be
problematic to grant to all the users?

Play well,

Jacob
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Bus stop:
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Milj%F8er/Bregnerod/Busstoppested/



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  Re: License Intent
 
(...) I also can't understand the reason for two licenses. With one license ldraw.org and the community as a whole gain the same rights to modify/redistribute/buildupon the community provided library. The license described in (URL) I think be ideal (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
  Re: License Intent
 
(...) Well first of all there are different things being granted. An author grants rights to a particular part (each time he or she uploads that part), not the entire library. The user gets rights granted to the entire library as a whole. However, (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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Vision As promised previously, the Steering Committee would like to share our thoughts on licensing goals. We think it's important that any license, copyright, trademark, trade dress or other legal construction be done in the spirit of the overall (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) ! 

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