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Re: License Intent
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:03:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:54:41AM +0000, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
* Author grants perpetual license but does not block LDraw from
  revising as necessary (as long as open source, free distribution is
  adhered to)

Wasn't there a question if an author agrees to distribute the part under
a specific license?  As in, if you change the license, do you need to
get permission from the authors, etc?

Yes.  If possible, I'd like to see a method by which we can revise the licence
but have to get explicit agreement from every author.

* License should apply to other "works" not just parts
* Assurance to user that parts will not disappear from the library

Are we still allowing us to rename parts?  What about retire parts that
were a mistake, or a depriciated shortcut?  Since we said that the
license is for other works as well, are those not allowed to be
removed/merged as well?

I want the ability to evolve the library.  What I'm worried about is an author
pulling their part out of the library for non-technical reasons.  The intent of
the "assurance" is to ensure that part will not be remove unless there is a
technical need to do so.

Is this all implementation?  I think some of these should fit into
goals.

Open issues: (some are related to implementation and are so noted)

* Parts migration... require explicit recertification? (implementation?)

"migration" - do you mean converting to another format?  To another
license?

* One license or two (implmentation)

It's only partially implementation - some of the arguments that were
made were based upon goals, but I'm not sure about that.

...

I do want to move forward with this, I'm just worried that if I don't
say anything now, I won't be able to ask for clarifications later.

I think I can speak for the SteerCo in saying that there is no time that is "too
late" to bring up issues.  While we can't please everyone, I'd think to try and
get as many people on board as possiblely.  This can only be accomplished by
allowing discussion during the entire process.

-Orion



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  Re: License Intent
 
(...) I think I disagree here. One of the problems we have right now is when we implement the license, we will have to explicitly seek each author's approval. Some authors will be unreachable, which means we won't be able to gain their perimssion to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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(...) Wasn't there a question if an author agrees to distribute the part under a specific license? As in, if you change the license, do you need to get permission from the authors, etc? (...) Are we still allowing us to rename parts? What about (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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