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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:37:18 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> The additional parts, as Jacob said, are copyrighted by their
> authors, and collectively 'owned' by the L-CAD group. If the L-CAD
> group were to fall apart, then the authors would need to exert their
> individual rights.
I agree with this statement, but I was hoping that we could have this
stated in a more formal way somewhere. I find this very important as
people spend hundreds of hours of work on the parts which are donated to
the LDraw community.
> Terry Keller is working on writing a clear license file for the
> original ldraw.exe package. I believe he is leaning toward retaining
> copyright for all program files, and GPL'ing the parts library.
I never seem to cease being impressed by the amount of time and work
some people spend on LDraw related issues, and especially by Terry
Keller. His work has been of very high importance to our community. I
wish the two of you good luck on handling the L-CAD releases and hope it
doesn't take too much time from you.
> IMO, the L-CAD parts should also be GPL'ed. And a clear license file
> should be written and included with each update. And information
> about this should be made available on ldraw.org, especially for
> potential part-authors.
I think I lean towards GPL for the parts as well, but I'm afraid I'm
don't really see what kind of consequences different choices could
have. That's why I'd like to see a discussion on this.
Fredrik
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| (...) The files James published are copyrighted, and his family has control on the copyright. They have given 'us', the L-CAD group, permission to continue to publish and maintain his work. The additional parts, as Jacob said, are copyrighted by (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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