Andreas Zehender wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am the author of kpovmodeler (a kde povray modeler, see
> http://www.kpovmodeler.org)
> 
> I would like to include some povray example files in the distribution. Can I
> import scenes from the povray scenes directory into the program and
> distribute them?
> 
> [...]
> 
> I don't want to use the scenes as basis of new scenes but to demonstrate the
> povray features and objects. The scenes (in our own file format, not the
> povray code) will remain intact except a comment at the begin that this is
> an imported version of a standard povray scene.

I think converting the scenes into a different format and supplying them
with a program is legally similar to using them in own scenes, therefore
the cited restriction would apply.  If you want to use other sample scenes
and you convert them with a program you could bundle POV-Ray with
kpovmodeler and convert the scenes during installation (although i doubt
automatic conversion is possible with most scenes).

Note this is just my personal opinion.

Christoph

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