On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:48:33 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "Curtis Olson" wrote: > > > I believe this is the whole point of Pep bringing up the subject on > > the FlightGear mailing list. He would like to work towards a > > concrete proposal, and this is the preliminary discussion phase. > > Let's not beat up the messenger [too much], ok! :-) > > I'm sorry if this was the 'sound' of my posting - this was definitely > not the intention. After 'investigating' a bit I'm getting the > impression that the "inner circle", how you call it, at IVAO thinks > everyone's going to kiss their feet if they just permit FlightGear > users to join their network .... which might turn out not to happen > this way :-) > > Finally people like Pep are left pretty much alone in thin air while > trying to lay the path for such process: Even though it's their duty, > the "inner circle" simply didn't bother about preparing the messenger > with appropriate information. Therefore my proposal to the messenger > would be to let him request a detailed set of instructions and limits > - now he knows that the closed-source library won't make it. ..he could also ask on http://groklaw.net/ for advice on how best to convince IVAO's "inner circle" they need to use open, public and validate-able signal protocols "to bring FG on-board IVAO." ..or, maybe the right thing to do, is have their community, join us? ;o) ..I _so_ enjoyed reading about 5, 3, 2, 1, .69 second boot-up times; "Where could all this lead us all, with boot up times going from minutes to milliseconds?" ;o) http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4123264934.html http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS5907201615.html Maybe next years laptops can do this, and FlightGear, in a sec? ;o) > As long as the messenger has not been properly instructed about the > limits he's permitted to act within during negotiations, I'd say the > whole situation is far too foggy. ..I agree. > On the other hand, it's obvious that FlightGear (the "inner > circle" :-) would be in duty to propose some sort of authentication > layer for their network protocol(s) if people would like to make > collaboration with IVAO happen. Let the religious war begin .... ;-)) > > Cheers, > Martin. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
