On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:23:38 -0800, Alex wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Pep Ribal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The IVAO team could implement a FlightGear compatible interface > >> into their network. The work would be done on their servers, but > >> then nothing would need to change on the FlightGear side. The > >> IVAO team would not need to expose their proprietary communication > >> protocols, but instead would create an implementaion of our open > >> protocols at their side to accept FlightGear connections. They > >> could create their own proprietary interface to our protocol as > >> long as they don't grab any of our code to do so (or maybe the > > I thought that if we at IVAO don't distribute the GPL software then > > we can use it, modify it and keep it private in our network? Wasn't > > it stated before by Arnt? > > Yes, but ... > > There is a legal definition associated with "keep it private" which > many software engineers and system administrators will accidentally > fail to comply with ... unless they have careful training or an > existing background in commercial use of GPL free software. A clean > re-implementation of the protocol will avoid the risk. Before doing > that, for any specific FGFS source files that you'd like to use in the > IVAO build, you can ask their authors to dual license them as LGPL or > even BSD. They may agree if you successfully argue that their > benefits from the interoperability outweigh their costs associated > with reduced distribution restrictions. ..thanks, Alex, I missed this nuance, and it is important. -- ..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
