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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
> I think we will be forced to drop files from the new library, until the
> authors either agree to the new license, or the parts get recreated from
> scratch. Of course, until we have some critical mass of authors
> agreeing to a license, the new library won't be of any use to anyone.
Another question: if Joe submits a new file, and later on Jane fixes it, how
much IP does Jane really have on the file? More concretely, we're fairly
confident the Jessiman's will agree to license all of James' files to the (new)
library. Many of James' files have been updated over time. Are we then forced
to roll back the clock on these updated files, unless we get agreement from the
people who made the updates?
Steve
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| (...) I doubt it. Going by what I've seen in the Open source programming environment, the file's original author is considered the copyright owner, even after someonelse makes a bug fix or some other tweak. If the change is big enough, (whole new (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| Steve said: (...) ... And Larry said: (...) Had to look up "tacitly": in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement; "they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day" And if I understand things correctly, you could argue that, but you'd be wrong :) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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