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Re: HTML Question
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Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:57:14 GMT
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I'll let Todd comment authoritatively, it's his stuff, but I do think
that you raise a good point, perhaps GPL would be better suited here (it
allows the sorts of mods you envision)? But his terms are easier to
grok. GPL is a bit much for the beginning webmaster to internalize,
nicht wahr?

I take it you agree with my points about your example, though...

D Blomberg wrote:
> 
> Just out of curiousity...
> why are the limitations to the lego backgrounds so restrictive?
> 
> Specifically- why do these two restrictions exist:
> 5. You may use only one of these images per HTML document.
> 6. You may not alter these binary image files in any way, including
>    combining one or more images with each other or with other images.
> 
> For number 5, you couldn't do a page with a black brick background
> and have a table with a light colored brick background, for example.
> 
> With number 6, you can't create new colors.  Which I think is rather
> sad.
> Nor could you combine two images and create a cool transition (either
> horizontal or vertical) between two existing colors.
> 
> It's too bad one is prohibited from extending and enhancing the previous
> work.
> It would be a much friendlier policy that you could extend the work, but
> must credit the source (fibblesnork), and that you can not profit from
> any
> derivative work.
> 
> This thread has probably already been hashed, right?
> 
> -- dave

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I agree with your point. I should not have had an example like that... I should have just used bricks-white-40.jpg or foo.bar like Bram did. -- dave (27 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.publish)

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Just out of curiousity... why are the limitations to the lego backgrounds so restrictive? Specifically- why do these two restrictions exist: 5. You may use only one of these images per HTML document. 6. You may not alter these binary image files in (...) (27 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.publish)

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