On Tuesday 22 September 2009 14:04:16 Jon S. Berndt wrote: > This looks much more problematic: > > http://www.flightprosim.com/disclaimer/
"copyrighted under United States and other World Wide Patents" A little confusion of totally different laws... But interestingly from the front page: "There is no one company who published this software. It is a cooperative flight simulator development project. There are a wide range of people interested and participating in this project. This is truly a global effort with contributors from just about every continent. Interests range from building a realistic home simulator out old airplane parts, to university research and instructional use." The page and name looks and sounds somehow familiar. Haven't we had them before? > > From: Jon S. Berndt [mailto:jonsber...@comcast.net] > > Subject: Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal? > > > > We all know by now that under certain conditions one can sell open > > source software packages such as FlightGear. However, it seems to me > > that this web site is problematic in several ways, > > > > - copyrighted screen captures may be used > > - company names are used (Boeing, Airbus, etc.) > > - I don't see any mention that the code can be downloaded anywhere 1 and 2 are bad. 3 is no problem, since only on delivery they have to include the source code or a written offer to supply it. Since they are advertising the multi player feature: how about periodically broadcasting a message via MP servers that users are using free software called FlightGear available at flightgear.org? Stefan
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