On Saturday, 23 July 2005 17:34, Andy Ross wrote:
> Writing code that runs in the fgfs binary to interface to an API
> is generally considered to be making a derivative work, for
> fairly obvious reasons.
>
> ...whereas the simple act of running a program is not the
> creation of a derivative work.
>
> I know it's frustrating, but unfortunately the "you can use this
> software for free" culture isn't really compatible with the GNU
> notion of free software, or with the open source definition.
> This is a pretty fundamental thing, and it's not likely to be
> fixed any time soon.  Most of us, I suspect, simply aren't
> interested in hooking someone else's proprietary stuff into
> FlightGear.
>
> Andy

What a pity as I don't know of any good replacements and writing VOIP software 
is not a trivial task.

So the only way it could work is if the creators of TeamSpeak released a GPL 
interface to their software?

I guess text will just have to suffice.

Paul

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