On Monday 12 June 2006 15:22, Martin Spott wrote: > Ok, in theory having a closed source interface _might_ serve the > licensing issues, _but_: > - Who likes to have to use a closed source module in order to connect > their OpenSource flight simulation to VATSIM ? > - More important, who of the OpenSource developers likes to maintain a > closed source module, compile it at least for half a dozend > different platforms and play the lonesome cowboy to whom bug reports > will be adressed - without having any chance to share the load with > someone else ? > - Most important, who of the OpenSource developers likes to take the > risk of getting sued for license infringement because VATSIM > might claim he could have transferred source code from the closed > source interface to FlightGear ? > > Anyone ? > > Cheers, > Martin.
I see another issue here. Even if the licensing issue is solved, there would still be problems. For example, planes hovering/submerging on taxiways and runways, because both us and MSFS have different scenery. To avoid this problem, we would have to force MSFS to use our better scenery. Who's up for that task? Ampere _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
