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Re: Moving the License Forward
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:04:11 GMT
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BTW, for everything I wrote earlier in this thread, c/Name:/Author:/. Thanks.
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Chris Dee wrote:
> Standing policies, yes, but programmatic enforcement, no. Too much in this
> arena relies on you and I applying those policies correctly in the parts
> updates. And there is always going to have to be some flexibility that
> needs admin judgement.
I'm open to more programmatic enforcement, but I'm not seeing what that would be
like. For this discussion, I'd be happy if there is mention that attribution
standards exist within the community, and should/must be followed.
> An extension to the Name: line to include the LDraw.org username would be
> good - better and more future-proof than email address which some authors
> include. In which case we should also extend that principle to the change
> history.
Yes, that's a good idea. Userids instead of names/initials in change history.
But only going forward -- change history lines should *never* be changed, once
they are written (especially after they appear in official files).
About the Author: tag. Since we've basically got to build a new library from
the ground up, we *could* modify the entries in all the files. Heck, we could
rewrite the headers to something (more) sensible. And drop all the "~Moved to"
stubs.
*Ahem* Or we could just require people to record these lines like:
0 Author: {real name} <{userid}>[, {description of contribution}]
However, <userid> could not be required (for older files) - the author in
question might not have a PT login.
Steve
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