[Commons-l] 3D printers!

[Erik Moeller]

On 4/5/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/05scan.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
>
> So when can we start putting 3D printer files on Commons?

I think the file format we need to support for that is COLLADA (kind
of the SVG of 3D file formats); Brion has looked into that a while
ago. There are still a couple of security & efficiency issues to sort
out.

> And should we recommend a content-like licence (e.g. GFDL, CC by-sa)
> or a software-like license (e.g. GPL)?

Neither. Put it into the public domain.
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Erik

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