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Re: Contributor Agreement License details
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Timothy Gould wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well it's been a long time coming but we now have a version of the Contributor
> Agreement (CA) license and readme to be distributed alongside new versions of
> the parts library. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have
> worked on the proccess. It's nearly done.
>
> If anyone has any queries or complaints about the license please respond to this
> post. We will launch a vote soon but it would be best to at least give the eagle
> eyes of LDraw system users a chance to spot any mistakes or to clear up any last
> minute worries before posting it.
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> Thanks for your time and patience,
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> Tim Gould on behalf of the LDraw SteerCo
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> The license and readme can be found at
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> http://www.holly-wood.it/tmp/CAreadme.txt
> http://www.holly-wood.it/tmp/CAlicense.txt
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> Further information about the license can be found at:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/article/349
> http://www.ldraw.org/article/350
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
Here is a newly revised and _proposed_ CAreadme attempting to deal with most of
the issues brought up in this post. Please note this has not gone through the
SteerCo and is proposed solely by me in an attempt to move on from this issue as
quickly as possible.
Tim
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LDRAW.ORG
PARTS LIBRARY LICENSE
CAreadme.txt
Introduction
The following is the CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE for the LDraw Parts
Library licensed under the LDraw Contributor Agreement (CA). Parts which
fall under this license will contain the following line in their headers.
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt
However this text is not a licence! It is simply a handy reference for
understanding the Legal Code (the full license), which can be found in
the CAlicense.txt file — it is a human-readable expression of some of its
key terms. Think of it as the user-friendly interface to the Legal Code
beneath. This text itself has no legal value, and its contents do not
appear in the actual licence. For a deeper insight please visit:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
1. Rights
It essentially grants the following freedoms.
You are free:
* to copy, distribute, display, and use the CA approved LDraw
Parts Library
* to make derivative works
* to make commercial use of the CA approved LDraw Parts Library
Under the following conditions:
2. Attribution.
You must give the original author credit.
* For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to
others the licence terms of this library.
* Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission
from the copyright holder.
The SteerCo also holds an attribution to 'The LDraw Parts Library'
in such Derivative Works to be sufficient in lieu of a full list
of authors.
Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.
3. Enforcements
LDraw.org is the sole entity responsible for enforcement of the Parts
Library copyrights. For purposes of enforcement LDraw.org considers the
following a good rule of thumb to determine if a new file is not a Derivative
work. Anything else should be considered at risk of being a Derivative work and
an attribution is required. If in doubt contact the current LDraw SteerCo.
3.1. What is not considered a Derivative work?
* Rendered images generated from the LDraw library. Rendering here covers
any conversion of a 3D model file into a 2D image.
* Model files containing references only (the source code for the part may
NOT be included in any form) to parts in the official LDraw Parts Library at the
time of their creation. Part files which are marked as unofficial at the time of
creation may (as recommended in ____) be included in full in the model file. If
the sole or main purpose (as determined by the LDraw SteerCo in consultation
with the potentially offending author and LDraw community at large) of the Model
file is to include large numbers of unofficial parts then it WILL be considered
a derivative work.
* Alternate libraries of parts which LDraw.org does not own or enforce the
copyright to. If some or more of the parts in the library are converted from the
LDraw Parts Library then they must be considered a Derivative work.
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