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This text appears to be a lesson plan for using OpenSCAD, a free software for creating parametric 3D models, in conjunction with Thingiverse, an online platform for sharing and customizing open-source designs. The key points of the lesson are: 1. Copyrighting your work: It's explained why it's beneficial to copyright your design under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license so others can see where it came from. 2. Uploading a project for customization: To publish your customizable project, you need to upload the STL, PNG, and SCAD files of your design on Thingiverse after organizing them with F6 rendering in OpenSCAD and making an image using Export > Export as Image and File > Export > Export as STL. 3. Licenses: Thingiverse provides GPL and BSD licenses besides CC Share-Alike. For this particular project that was originally released under the CC-BY-SA license, you really should choose the same one so the creator of the design has peace of mind while still giving due credit for sharing their original work with a remix note in it. 4. Lineage: Mentioning the lineage (that your project is based on 1204005) gives due credit to the original author and also lets you know where you started off. The key questions asked at the end of this text are: - Why would one bother with copyrighting their work? - Should they respect the rights to other people's copyrighted works? - When should a designer cite the source when working on their own projects? And finally, what licenses could a person consider for their projects on websites like Thingiverse and which might be best suited for such endeavors?