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Re: License Question
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:32:36 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dave Schuler wrote:
> Let’s say that some well-meaning individual created a large number of DAT-based
> parts representing the bricks of LEGO-compatible brands, including quite a few
> of the more “basic” elements, such as the 2x4 brick, the 1x2 brick, the 2x8
> plate, etc. Let’s also say that the author of these non-LEGO-based DAT-parts
> made a conscious effort to recreate the parts from scratch, rather than copying
> the existing DAT file and renaming it. And let’s say finally that these
> recreated DAT-parts contained demonstrable difference in file content but were,
> when rendered, visually very similar to existing, official LDraw elements. How
> would this coincide with the proposed LDraw license, specifically as it pertains
> to original authorship and subsequent usage?
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> In my view, since the parts are being created from scratch and can be shown to
> contain fundamental differences, then there should be no problems of authorship
> spillover. However, I can also see how the author of an LDraw part might find
> the corresponding clone part to be “substantially identical” to the original.
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> How might this be reconciled? Interestingly, this seems like a nice virtual
> analog to the real-world issue of clone vs. LEGO.
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> Thanks for your thoughts.
This is just me speaking, no official standing in this post, but isn't this
process very much like the "clean room reverse engineering" process used to
circumvent IP by reinventing from scratch based just on the specs?
Also these parts don't actually represent LEGO elements, at least that's not
their stated intent, right? It's just coincidence that they come out the same?
What is the desired outcome?
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| (...) Well, my hope is twofold: I don't want the LDraw crew to have to accomodate my project under the official LDraw License, and I don't want to have to restructure my project to accommodate the official LDraw License! I don't expect it to be a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| Let’s say that some well-meaning individual created a large number of DAT-based parts representing the bricks of LEGO-compatible brands, including quite a few of the more “basic” elements, such as the 2x4 brick, the 1x2 brick, the 2x8 plate, etc. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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