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Kyle McDonald wrote:
> Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> > a) GPL or LGPL style license, the "viral effect" of the
> > license means that those who get the rendering also
> > should get (access to) the source for the DAT file and
> > the relevant parts of the LDraw Parts Library.
>
> Actually I beliee that this is the exact case where the
> LGPL differes from the GPL.
>
> Since the Parts 'library' will only be referecned as a
> library, I think that (if the LGPL were used on it,) it's
> license wouldn't pollute the license of the model/scene it
> was used to render.
From <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>:
»However, linking a "work that uses the Library" with the
Library creates an executable that is a derivative of the
Library (because it contains portions of the Library),
rather than a "work that uses the library". The
executable is therefore covered by this License. Section
6 states terms for distribution of such executables.«
I.e. a rendered LDR file _is_ considered a derivative work
and thus covered by the license. LGPL is only special for
dynamic linking (roughly speaking at least).
Play well,
Jacob
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