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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) It will not happen. We will still have to have a competent group of system administrators checking if new modules are up to par, before they can go into the central LEGOFan.net site. But if a developer creates a really cool (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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<snip> (...) system (...) central (...) to his (...) <snip> It sounds like anyone can take the entire contents of LEGOFan.net and create their own version. This doesn't sound right to me. I understand that the server side code to display the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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Firstly, thanks to Jacob for responding to my concerns (and those of others) and explaining things a bit more. (...) OK, I am relieved to hear that LEGOfan.net would not simply accept any new code without some sort of evaluation process. Still, that (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) I think one thing that's being missed here is that you wouldn't be forced to use ANY of the features. There would be a basic 'start-up' set of features from which each individual person could choose which features they want to use from a large (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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In lugnet.org, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: <snip> (...) Brendan, In my experience, opensource projects are generally only successfully forked when the community of users has a deep problem with the original project. This problem can be as simple as (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) OK, that makes sense, if that's how it'll work. @8^) -Brendan (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) That's also exactly what I wrote. (...) Why? It will really push the group operating LEGOFan.net to keep doing their best. Isn't that good? (...) Why? (...) That's what I wrote. LEGOFan.net will of course not be able to force other sites to do (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) What about the official Lego exclusive pictures/releases, etc., alluded to in the original announcement? (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) To be fair, since nothing's set in stone, this is a little hard to answer 100% guarenteed. It is, however, what our current planning is based on. Jennifer Boger (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) Yeah, sorry -- not trying to be unfair. I'm just curious about how that'll all work out. (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) In practice yes (although the current oligarchy is not in complete agreement about all details of this :-). It could for example be a self-supplementing group or a group appointed through some kind of democratic process. (...) Since it is not (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) That is one of those tricky problems we haven't resolved yet. But I can say as much as that LEGO hasn't said no to it yet (although I expect they will). No matter what, the rights I imagine are important for LEGO (that other people don't (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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(...) The courts of the US have repeatedly upheld the distinction of infrastructure vs. content. For example, spammers using an ISP to send millions of non-solicited emails are liable for their actions, while the ISP is not (unless the ISP knowingly (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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(...) Have I rejected that distinction anywhere? (...) Yes. Have I ever claimed anything else? (...) Wrong. They would have to give LFN a license to distribute their work, just as you have given Lugnet a license to distribute your work, when you (...) (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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(...) Not that I've seen. However, this comment was in reply to your asking why content was different than code, which I hadn't seen addressed elsewhere. (...) Actually, the Lugnet T&Cs reserve Lugnet's right to redistribute all content posted, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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(...) No! Read them carefully. They do among other things say: »Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any or all of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.« That is just the same as the sublicensing (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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