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On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:17:05PM +0000, Tim Courtney wrote:
> > Or allowing LEGO to "import" ldraw files (even if they support
> > exporting to ldraw) without putting up the complete original library
> > for download. Is that what we want?
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> If LEGO (or any other creator of a proprietary LEGO CAD program) was
> able to import LDraw, I would like the license to require their
> software also write to LDraw.
That would be great - but are you going to ask them also to distribute
the latest copy of the library from their site? Or on any of the media
they distribute?
Is that something we want? The answer might be yes, but I don't think
it should be.
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) The spirit of what I'm trying to get at is this: if someone wants to read LDraw into a proprietary format, shouldn't they also write LDraw? Taking an open format and importing it into a closed format, without a way to write back to the open (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) (personal thoughts) I think your suggestion could work. I'm very wary of requiring absolute explicit permission for any future changes, though I do want to ensure the authors' wishes are considered in potential future changes. The reason is, (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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