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(...) This is an improvement, I think. However, the requirement for authors to clearly document what (parts) of your meta-commands they've implemented contradicts the restriction from reproducing your document or its contents. There are still basic (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ote2lu87meh0ltv...4ax.com... (...) Maybe it's not written in the right way ... what I ment was that developers should make clear that if they are not 100% mlcad compatible from the language (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) My understanding is that because of the ... enthusiastic ... IP laws in Austria / Germany, your claim of IP rights on the design of part of the content of DAT files, any lawyer could, on their own volition, come after ldraw.org if any of your (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Ahhh, this license is ment for developers of programms only , not for autoring parts!!!!! I've to corret that in the document. For sure the use of this commands in parts is totally free and open to use ... Michael "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Michael, I think we're making progress here, but I'd like to take a stab at speeding things up. I'd like to suggest the zlib license as one that could perhaps make everyone happy. I cut and pasted it here, replacing the word "software" with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Note for onlookers: the key thing I get from Don's suggestion is that it reverses the "you may not distribute this spec" from Michael's document to "you can, and should, distribute this spec". Which, IMO, is a better approach. This information (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Agreed ... the only thing I would like to make sure is that there are no out-dated versions hanging arround somewhere in the net. And I believe thats only possible if the spec can be downloaded from one single location. Do you think different about (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Put a version number and a publication date at the top of the spec along with a recommendation to visit your website for the most up to date version of the specification. You may even want to provide an email address and suggest people email (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Then again, if it's all in the "do not delete this notice" section, Michael's concerns will be addressed. Here's some suggested verbiage: (...) Steve (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Isn't the only reasonable way to handle that, to have clear version numbers on the specifications, as well as insisting that any »compatible with MLCAD« text includes the version number of the implemented specification? Play well, Jacob -- (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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