In article <35c5c0a6.0@news.povray.org>, par### [at] my-dejanewscom says...
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>On Sun, 02 Aug 1998 22:57:51 +0200, Micha <mic### [at] datacommch> wrote:
>>Good idea!
>>
>>Well, the winning Models and all good Models could be a good thing to
>>help growing the POVRay Objects Collection which I recently started!
>>(You can find it at http://povobjects.fsn.net/. It's daly growing!)
>
>Only if the contest requires contestants to relinquish their copyright,
>as your site does.  If that were the case, I doubt that many of us would 
>consider entering.  I considered putting the models on my POV page into
>your collection, but like many freeware authors, I choose to retain my
>copyright.
>

I think you are right.  One don't need to abandon copyright to make
something free.  The "rule" should be to "allow free use of model,
without asking permission, but the author retains his/her copyright".
(if you look at my objects at Micha's page, you will see such a header).
And it's fair to mention original author's name in source file...

Cheers,
Fabien.

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