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 Topic: Library > UpdatesThe new items published under this topic are as follows.September 10, 2008
This release is complete re-issue of the official library, up to and including the last (2005-01) parts update, with the primary purpose of aligning the library with the Contributor Agreement. This clarifies the redistribution status of the part files within the library, and standardises the file headers. To this end, a total of 90 files have been excluded from the re-distributable library because we have been unable to contact the original author or persuade them to affirm the Contributor Agreement. The current community of LDraw part authors is working to re-create those parts so that they can be added to the re-distributable library in a subsequent parts update. In addition to separating the parts that are not re-distributable, We have taken the opportunity to separate two additional classes of part files and make their installation optional in a new Windows installation package. - Alias parts : generic colour versions of parts that are physically identical to parts in the core parts library, but have a different part number, either because of production differences between opaque and transparent parts or due to evolution of the part numbering scheme. - Physical colour parts : hard-coded colour versions of parts or composite parts. No new parts are included in this update, but its release does now make it possible to restart the more regular publication of additions to the library. Minor changes have been made to part descriptions as part of the header standardisation.
 Published By cwdee on Sep 10, 2008 - 07:59 AM Here is the list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. William Howard and Guy Vivan have already put a lot of effort in this task, with only a few parts left but also those have to be substituted. If anyone would like to re-write these from scratch - without copying the original author's work, then please do so and send to the LDraw admins (parts@ldraw*no-spam-please*.org) for submission to the Parts Tracker. As we go through the library to reformat the headers, we may find other files with significant changes made by non-CA authors. We'll deal with those on a case by case basis.
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Published By Holly-Wood on Jun 12, 2007 - 03:56 PM Over the past couple of years releases of new official parts have been less frequent than in the past. LDraw.org would like to apologise or these delays and explain the reason why. About two years ago LDraw.org decided to move to a new license scheme (the Contributor Agreement) for the parts library. This new system has numerous advantages, perhaps most importantly the fact that most parts will now be distributable without having to include Complete.exe and ldraw027.exe (a problem for many new users) and can be included with other software without a separate parts installation. It has been a huge undertaking tracking down old part authors and asking them to agree to these new terms and a lot of people have put a huge amount of work into making this happen. The process is slowly reaching a conclusion now with the number of authors (and parts by those authors) nearing zero. Here is the list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. If anyone would like to re-write these from scratch - without copying the original author's work, then please do so and send to the LDraw admins (parts@ldraw*no-spam-please*.org) for submission to the Parts Tracker. However the LDraw.org team are pleased to announce progress towards restarting the regular publication of Parts Library Updates. The complete library has been re-issued with all the file headers now compliant with the new Official Library Header Specification. We thank you for not complaining about this and hope that in the mean time you will download parts from the Parts Tracker to fill any gaps you may have. The LDraw.org Team Published By Holly-Wood on Feb 09, 2007 - 12:38 PM December 28, 2005
Published By cwdee on Dec 28, 2005 - 07:18 AM November 6, 2004
Published By cwdee on Nov 06, 2004 - 05:19 PM September 15, 2004
Published By cwdee on Sep 15, 2004 - 06:46 PM April 22, 2004
Published By cwdee on Apr 23, 2004 - 08:03 AM March 2, 2004
Published By cwdee on Mar 03, 2004 - 02:59 AM December 19, 2003
Published By cwdee on Dec 19, 2003 - 06:43 PM August 1, 2003
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