Open L-Gauge

[Duq]

You may have come across the site already by accident, or you may have seen it mentioned on the Brick Train Awards winners page. There's a new portal for train instructions: https://open-l-gauge.eu/

I've written an article on Bricknerd about the story behind the site: https://bricknerd.com/home/to-protect-and-share-the-story-of-open-l-gauge-11-16-23

[BatteryPoweredBricks]

Great write up!  The MOCs I've seen there seem a bit out of my price range to build but I am very glad the site exists.  I may end up building some of the simpler models over time.

"The current generation is growing up with TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. The focus seems like it has moved more to performance-based clicks and likes—and with that, there seems to be less respect for copyright. (When was the last time you saw a YouTuber cite their sources?)" - quote from the article

I don't know if I qualify for the YouTuber label just yet  but it is something I've always taken to heart.  Even something that was just for inspiration I'll show the build and link to where folks can find the original source.  My video descriptions can be quite long

I do wish I was more active in the olden days before the widespread monetization of the internet.  It does seem to be a bit different than things are now and I do see your point where many are in private groups and clubs and it's less of a global community.  I do feel that sites like this help a lot, there are some incredible builds there!

[Trekkie99]

Interesting. Not strictly open source as to prevent commercial use.

I'm surprised there's enough of a market for instructions for custom models that could be either reverse engineered and/or are to expensive to warrant piracy.

As for physical Chinese knockoff sets... They don't have to give a crap possibly.

[JopieK]

Very nice idea indeed.