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Re: Is the LDraw parts database free?
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:27:35 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> So do we want to clearly delineate what people can, and cannot, do with the
> parts library? Or is it better to leave it fuzzy?
It's the fuzziness I dislike. I would like to see some clear legal
terms for the use of the parts.
About the "community created" parts library, not the ones made by James
Jessiman, I agree with Larry Pieniazek that the GPL is a bit too
involved. I don't think we need that. Actually, I would be happy to
simply put it in the public domain.
If we want something more involved than that, how about a simple licence
like the one from X11? (Included below my signature.)
IANAL, but I think that if we take the position that an LDraw'n part is
completely determined by the shape of the respective brick, i.e., that
there is no creative process going on while modeling a LEGO brick, then
the parts library is _not_ copyrightable, at least it isn't in the US.
Whether or not there is a creative process going on while modeling a
part is probably hard to say. What do you think?
> If people have to ask permission before doing certain actions (such
> as translating and/or redistributing), who do they ask? Who can give
> permission?
If we are talking about the orignal parts library, as made by James
Jessiman, only the Jessimans can give permission, I guess.
Fredrik
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| Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3u2mipne0.fsf@....uio.no... (...) There absolutely is a creative process going on when modeling a part. If you gave 10 people the challenge of modeling the TIE cockpit piece, I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) So do we want to clearly delineate what people can, and cannot, do with the parts library? Or is it better to leave it fuzzy? If people have to ask permission before doing certain actions (such as translating and/or redistributing), who do (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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