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NonCA-PARTS LIBRARY AGREEMENT
NonCAreadme.txt

1. Introduction

   The following is the README text for the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library NOT licenced by the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 2.0 as specified by the LDraw Contributor Agreement [3] (CA). Parts which fall under the NonCA agreement will contain the following line in their headers:

   0 !LICENCE Not redistributable : see NonCAreadme.txt

   However this text is not a licence! It is simply a handy reference for understanding that these parts are only governed by copyright, which means that LDraw.org was granted an exclusive tacit approval to distribute them when the parts were submitted to the LDraw Parts Tracker (or it's previous structure) for certification. This text itself has no legal value. It is a human-readable expression of some key terms since all rights lay with the original copyright holders.

2. Rights

   You are free:

   • to use the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   You are NOT free:

   • to copy, distribute, and display the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   • to make derivative works to make commercial use of the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library

   Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

   Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.

3. Enforcements

   The single copyright holders are the sole entity responsible for enforcements of their copyrights. LDraw.org is the sole distributor of these files. Since you are not free to make derivative works of NonCA-Parts LDraw.org considers the following good rules of thumb to determine if a new file is not a Derivative work. If in doubt contact the current LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) or the single copyright holders.

   What is not considered a Derivative work?

   • Rendered images generated from the LDraw NonCA-Part library. Rendering here covers any conversion of a 3D model file into a 2D image.

   • Model files containing references only (the source code for the part may NOT be included in any form) to parts in the official LDraw NonCA-Parts Library at the time of their creation. If the sole or main purpose (as determined by the LDraw SteerCo in consultation with the potentially offending author and LDraw community at large) of the Model file is to include large numbers of NonCA-Parts then it WILL be considered a derivative work.

   • Alternative libraries of parts which LDraw.org does not own or enforce the copyright. If some or more of the parts in the library are converted from the LDraw NonCA-Parts Library then they must be considered a Derivative work.

LDraw.org, July 2007