On Wednesday 20 April 2011 18:43:11 Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > Ryan M <tpbspamm...@gmail.com> writes: > > Something I've always thought about is an official aircraft repository > > that contained non-GPL2 aircraft- straight from the authors, of course. > > There are many aircraft for FlightGear that are not GPL-licensed (some > > of them very well-developed, like the Tu-154b and the MD-81), and I > > think it'd be best if we had an official repository for them. Currently, > > they are hosted on a number of unofficial "hangars," decreasing their > > visibility and their accessibility to the end-user. > > > > This discussion has been raised before on the forums; just thought I'd > > mention it here. Sorry if there's been a previous conversation about > > this and I've resurrected a dead topic. > > Eventually, this could even develop into a PlaneStore. The models could > be used for visualization for free, but to pilot one, the users could > have to pay a (small) fee to the authors. > > I'm not specifically advocating it, but with the right structure, this > could motivate plane developers, if we need that.
I find the concept of a for-profit "Plane Store" to be utterly disgusting. It would be a gross violation of the social contract Flight Gear was developed under. I hope the infrastructure never develops for this. I understand some aircraft are encumbered is some way and can't fully be GPL'd, and some authors wish to prevent commercialization of their work and choose a license other than GPL to release under. Doesn't really make me happy, but it is their work to license. However, to suggest some 'plane developer' should be paid for their time, when hundreds of people invested tens of thousands of hours developing the core code in the OpenSource spirit makes me want to vomit. OpenSource works because each person who is able to contribute in some way does so, freely and in a way that lets the next person in line continue to build on that contribution. V/r Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
