On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Johannes Schauer <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Leonardo,
>
> Quoting Leonardo Zide (2013-07-16 01:09:07)
> > I've created a zip file with the parts,
> http://leozide.com/~leo/parts.zip
>
> Wow, thanks a lot! I was prepared to figure out how to do it myself :)
>
> > Take a look and see if that works for you and I'll add license and readme
> > files. I didn't test to see if they look correct.
>
> The only issue with the LDraw dat files in that zip archive as well as
> with the
> built-in leocad parts library is, that the orientation of the bricks is
> wrong.
>
> Here is how the example LDraw model "pyramid.dat" looks like in leocad with
> just the built-in parts library:
>
> http://mister-muffin.de/p/3OQy.png
>
> And here is how "pyramid.dat" looks like in MLCAD with the built-in leocad
> parts library converted to LDraw format as in your zip archive:
>
> http://mister-muffin.de/p/jJR8.png
>
> This also means that any model which is built with the built-in leocad
> parts
> library or the minimal LDraw parts library generated from it will become
> distorted once the full parts library is used. This should probably not
> happen
> and models created with the built-in leocad parts library or the minimal
> LDraw
> parts library should be compatible with the full LDraw or leocad parts
> libraries.  Probably the only thing that must be fixed is the rotation of
> the
> bricks? Is that easy to change?
>
> > I also checked in the tool I wrote to generate the library, http://
> > svn.leocad.org/branches/qtest/tools/utils/partsgen.cpp in case anyone is
> > interested in improving it.
>
> Thanks! How did you create the initial version of the built-in leocad parts
> library? Writing the dimensions out by hand?
>
> > It's a crappy library, doesn't follow standards, etc. I don't want
> anyone to
> > think I'm starting my own library or anything like that, this was just
> to get
> > LeoCAD into Debian main like you said and I don't plan to support it at
> all
>
> That's totally fine. I also dont want to create a fork but just have
> something
> that can be in Debian "main" so that programs needing an LDraw parts
> library do
> not have to go to "contrib" even though they are GPL licensed.
>
> Maybe the leocad Debian package can create a binary package which ships
> this
> minimal LDraw library generated from the built-in leocad parts library?
>
> > so you really should ask LDraw.org to change their license.
>
> I think that was already done by an anonymous Debian developer here [1]:
> "2013-02-21 Voted down the relicensing of the LDraw Parts Library form the
> Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license to CC-BY 3.0 license as proposed
> by a
> Debian Developer"
>
> So apparently "someone" proposed the license change already but didnt get
> anywhere with it :/
>
> Here [2] is the thread where I currently try to do my own convincing but
> nobody
> seems to be interested...
>
> Thanks a lot for your efforts!
>
> cheers, josch
>
> [1] http://www.ldraw.org/article/383.html#2012_2013
> [2] http://forums.ldraw.org/read.php?26,9276
>
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