* Matevz Jekovec -- Wednesday 23 July 2003 15:57: > Jim Wilson wrote: > >One other thing you could mention is that we would be distributing the model > >in an entirely different format (wouldn't we?). In that sense he would not be > >rewriting the license as these would be derived from the original, and not > >copies of the original. > > I don't quite understand. AFAIK no matter which work of his do we > include in FGFS, it should be licensed under GPL. That is if we use > exactly his model file format or we change it to FGFS format. The 99% of > work is still his and therefore is still licensed under his license?
Yes. What Jim meant is, that if the original author wants to keep his restrictive license on the original work, he might agree to license a part of it in a different format (let's say in ac3d) under GPL. This would then be targeted at a completely different audience and not interfere with his original intention (that is: not allowing commercial add-on publishers for the falcon sim to exploit his work). But, of course, this still requires the copyright holder's explicit agreement. BTW: it doesn't need to be the GPL. Any other GPL-compatible license would also suffice, for example "public domain". m. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
