Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * 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". >
Yes, that's what I meant...sorry I replied the same time you did. It doesn't guarantee someone won't convert it back, but there's only so much you can do. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
