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Re: Contributor Agreement License details - updated version
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:17:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dean Earley wrote:
> > Willy Tschager wrote:
> > > LDraw.org is the sole entity responsible for enforcement of the Parts
> > > Library copyrights. It is the LDraw Steering Committee's (SteerCo's)
> > > policy to enforce the copyright only for commercial usage of the LDraw
> > > Parts Library in Derivative Works such as models and renderings. If you
> > > are unsure if your Derivative Works fall under this category please
> > > contact LDraw.org.
> >
> > So, basically, the licence means you need to credit LDraw whenever you
> > render/create a model from it, but SteerCo aren't bothered unless its
> > for commercial use?
>
> Precisely.
Wow! In my opinion, that's an extremely poor interpretation of
"derivative works". Consider the model file. It most likely contains
no actual bits of the LDRAW library. It simply contains references to
the parts in the library, by names like 3001.dat. But that name
itself is merely a reference to the number stamped inside the real
physical bricks manufactured in China. How did that number get there?
Was it generated by some enterprise software middleware used at Lego
corporate headquarters? Perhaps we need to credit that software in
all the model files as well? Where does it all end?
Think about it,
Don
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