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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 18:09:19 GMT
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* Jonathan Wilson (wilsonj@xoommail.com) [991118 10:09]:
> > I think a GPL "like" license is good but it needs to subtract a few
> > clauses.
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> The clause in the GPL refers to "source code" i.e. something which can be compiled
> into an executable program.
GPL refers to source code and binaries, and the fact that shipping a
binary only won't let you fix problems your self (RMS has a story
about a #$*#$& printer that, if they had the driver source, they
could have gotten it working with their equipment. This was 20
years or so, when printers cost more than a car).
Here is what the book "Debugging with GDB", which is by RMS and
Cygnus Solutions, has on it's copyrights page:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also
that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the
terms of a permission notice identical to this one.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
manual into another language, under the above conditions for
modified versions.
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(we'd want to change the word "manual" to "interlocking block model"
or something.)
Is this reasonably close to the intent we would like? IANAL, but I
don't think we need all the extra verbage to explain what "source"
is, etc., since it isn't source (exactly). And when it is compiled
(rendered) we don't want to force each picture to include the pieces
used.
Or do we? Hmm.... If you use a piece to build a model, and you
distribute a movie/image (compiled result), do we want to force the
inclusion of the pieces? Would the GPL bleed over to the model .dat
file?
Just some thoughts.
Ciao!
--
Eschew Obfuscation.
The Doctor What: Second Baseman http://docwhat.gerf.org/
docwhat@gerf.org (finger docwhat@gerf.org for PGP key)
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| The Doctor What <docwhat@gerf.org> writes: [ snipped the Gnu Manual License ] (...) This is probably quite similar to the X11 License I posted in my previous post, and I think something like that would suffice for the parts library. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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