Hmm, why not change the license on some of the newer planes to a more
restrictive creative commons license? This would give you more control over
how these are used. For instance, you could apply the license so the planes
could only be use for non-commercial/free projects, and if a commercial
project wanted to use your planes then they would have to request permission
to use them.
I think that is a fair trade off. Besides commercial companies should be
trying to improve the underlying Flight Dynamic Model and terrain system ...
not trying to getting rich quick off of our pretty planes.
The GPL license should apply some probably just a handful of planes.
my 2 cents....
-Rob
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Pete Morgan <ac...@daffodil.uk.com> wrote:
> Just sent an email to New Zealand open Source and got this reply,
> pete
>
> Hello Peter,
>
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Please recognise that the GPL
> does not in any way preclude people from packaging up and selling a
> software application *so long as they comply with the terms of the GPL
> with regard to making the source code available on request*.
>
> It may be that these guys are *not* in violation of the GPL so long as
> they can provide you with their source code if you request it. If they
> can't, then they should be given notice of a GPL violation.
>
> There is another issue here, however: if they are packaging up wiki
> content, aircraft designs, et al. for which *they do not hold copyright*
> and which aren't licensed under a Creative Commons license allowing
> commercial distribution, then they *are* guilty of copyright
> infringement, and you can take them to task on that, *if you are (or
> represent) the copyright holder*.
>
> As a representative of the NZOSS, I would fully encourage you to explore
> both issues (the distribution of source code, and the distribution of
> copyrighted materials constituting potential copyright infringement)
> with the FlightProSim.com people.
>
> One of our other members has noted that they're similarly distributing
> Free!Ship: http://www.3dboatdesign.com/indexg.php
> <http://www.3dboatdesign.com/indexg.php>
>
> We'll investigate that.
>
> Let me know if you have any further questions.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Dave Lane
> NZOSS council member
>
>
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