Rules and Procedures for the Official Model Repository

Maintained By: LDraw.org Library Administrators
Revision History:

18-Jun-2020: Initial 22-Nov-2023: Update license requirements

This is an ratified, official LDraw.org document. Non-adminstrative changes can only be made with the approval of the maintainer.

Rules and Procedures for the Official Model Repository

  • The OMR located at http://library.ldraw.org/omr is linked from the homepage via Downloads->Official Model Repository (OMR).
  • The OMR is named "official" because it contains only LDraw replicas of sets (and their submodels) released by the LEGO Group. MOCs or alterations official models will not be considered.
  • The models will conform to the Official Model Repository (OMR) Specification.
  • It is at the discretion of the LDraw.org Administration Team "OMRize" submitted models if they do not conform.
  • The OMR will only consider new models that contain the 0 !LICENSE Licensed under CC BY 4.0 : see CAreadme.txt statement ensuring that it is within the guidelines of the LDraw.org Contributor Agreement. All embedded parts will retain the original, unaltered part license line. Legacy and model updates will use 0 !LICENSE Licensed under CC BY 2.0 and CC BY 4.0 : see CAreadme.txt unless it is absolutely certain that the original author has agreed to release the model under the CC BY 4.0 license
  • The OMR will host the actual LDraw file. Links to external model files are not possible.
  • All file uploads, updates, etc. are handled by the the LDraw.org Administration Team. There is currently no mechanism for a model author to manage their own files.
  • The model author will upload the model to the LDraw.org Forums. Once any discussion regarding the model has finished, the LDraw.org Administration Team will copy the uploaded file to the OMR at their earliest convenience.
  • Updates of files made after the first official release will contain a !HISTORY line, which states the date, author and a short description of the change. Updates will be posted as a reply to the post of the original version.

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