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Re: Contributor Agreement License details
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:39:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > > Good point. Perhaps an additional comment like:
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> > > In order to avoid the listing of all contributing part authors it is sufficient
> > > to give credit to "the LDraw Parts Library" in Derivative Works in lieu of such
> > > a list.
> > >
> > > As an addition to the end of the licence?
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> > Maybe it's just me, but if renderings are considered derivative works, we need
> > to seriously step back and think long and hard about whether or not we are OK
> > with that. I personally think that forcing renderings to have text on them
> > acknowledging that the parts came from the LDraw Parts Library is a serious
> > restriction, and very different from how things are now. My understanding was
> > that the intent in switching to the CA license was to force people who
> > distributed the actual part files to be bound by it, NOT for people doing
> > renderings. Am I mistaken that this was the original intent?
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> I agree, clarification on rendered images is needed. If a rendering using LDraw
> parts is a derivative work, and derivative works are required to visibly display
> credit, that's a problem. It won't show up on my renders; I don't burn "Credit:
> Photoshop Dev Team" on images I make with Photoshop, there's no reason to put it
> into LDraw-derived images.
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> - Kelly
There is one significant difference between LDraw and Photoshop in that you pay
for the right to use Photoshop without giving credit. That said I don't think we
need to vandalise our images to put the credit in but I'm not completely averse
to requiring an accompanying credit file to be included. Personally I would like
to see this as compulsory for commercial use of LDraw created images.
Tim
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| (...) I agree, clarification on rendered images is needed. If a rendering using LDraw parts is a derivative work, and derivative works are required to visibly display credit, that's a problem. It won't show up on my renders; I don't burn "Credit: (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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