Last I heard, The GPL license was applied to all the planes hosted on the FG
website. I do believe however, that if we do take our own planes and put them
in a restrictive CC license and then give permission for FG and only FG to use
them, then we may be able to do some good.
On Mar 16, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Rob Oates wrote:
> 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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