Martin Spott wrote: > Tim Moore wrote: >> Martin Spott wrote: >>> Erik Hofman wrote: >>>> Update of /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/Boeing314 >>>> In directory baron.flightgear.org:/tmp/cvs-serv11895 >>>> >>>> Modified Files: >>>> Boeing314A.xml >>>> Log Message: >>>> Add the license statement >>>> >>>> + This simulation model is not endorsed by the manufacturer. >>>> This model >>>> + is not to be sold. >>> Melchior FRANZ wrote: >>>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney >>>> >>>> "Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money? >>> You see the difference ? >> Is this a trick question? > > Nope. Selling a 'computerized' (to sum it up) model (or just any other > sort of 'software') might, when you keep typical commercial software > contracts in mind, be well understood as "selling a license of the > model/software". This is obviously different from "selling a copy" in > the understanding of the GPL, which refers to the physical act of > transferring. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html makes it clear that "selling a copy" is GNUspeak for "sell." People around here get bent out of shape when their screen shots are used to "sell copies" of FlightGear. > > We're talking about wether the model has top be "removed from CVS" > (original statement from MF) and all the consequences which might > follow, so we probably should care about the details as well.
"This model is not to be sold" seems pretty explicit to me. Maybe Boeing really means it, maybe they don't, but as originally committed this is a significant restriction on the GPL. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
