Re: Origin and licensing for the XML3D examples

Hi Phil,

I found another copy of the source code (from the same author) as posted 
to flipcode at

    https://code.google.com/p/codesuppository/source/browse/trunk/old_snippets/triangulate.cpp

that explicitly states it is under MIT licensing.
If desired, I can update the respective reference in the examples to 
this copy of the code and create a pull request.

Best,
Stefan



On 12/9/2015 11:45 AM, Phil Archer wrote:
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> On 09/12/2015 09:59, Stefan Lemme wrote:
>>
>> Well, I forgot:
>> The two examples are also available at
>>
>>   * http://stlemme.github.io/poi-client/buildings-tum-static.html
>>   * http://stlemme.github.io/poi-client/single-tile-brussels.html
>
> Great!
>
>>
>> Although, those URLs are not permanent,
>
> Ah...
>
>  they might work as replacement
>> in the meantime.
>
> The problem is that once the UCR is published it can't be changed so 
> putting in links now that we know will become 404s before long isn't 
> good. This won't the the last version of the UCR doc. If you can find 
> a more long term home for those examples before the next time, I'd be 
> happy for the editors to link to them then.
>
> Sorry to be all officious...
>
> Phil.
>
>>
>> Best,
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> On 12/9/2015 10:52 AM, Stefan Lemme wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Phil,
>>>
>>> you're basically right.
>>>
>>> However, the reference given in the source code refers only to the
>>> origin of the algorithm used.
>>> Nonetheless, we needed to re-implement / port the original C++
>>> snippets from flipcode to JavaScript.
>>>
>>> Obviously, there is no "best way to bundle examples" with the document
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> If required, I can trigger an inquiry about the unclear terms of using
>>> this snippets.
>>> Everything else is available under MIT licensing.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2015 10:20 AM, Phil Archer wrote:
>>>> Hi Stefan,
>>>>
>>>> We're getting ready to publish the next iteration of the SDW WG's UCR
>>>> and I'm in the process of creating the snapshot. Your use case [1]
>>>> includes examples of some XML3D that in turn reuse some code from
>>>> elsewhere (flipcode). The terms of that site make it clear that we
>>>> need written permission to reproduce those snippets - which would
>>>> hold us up considerably.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore I have wielded Occam's Razor and removed the examples from
>>>> the UCR document - or rather, just commented them out for now. A bit
>>>> of Googling leads me to the original files in our GH repo but I can't
>>>> find a viewable and stable Web page with them on (to which we could
>>>> link).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://w3c.github.io/sdw/UseCases/SDWUseCasesAndRequirements.html#IncorporatingGeospatialDataIntoInteractive3DGraphicsOnTheWeb 
>>>>
>>>>
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