On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:18:43 +0200, Erik wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > > The real question is: whether appealing to MS Windows community will > > benifit FlightGear? In my opinion, this is definately a yes. > > > > Just imagine all those MSFS users who have created scenery, > > aircrafts, etc. putting their effort into FlightGear instead. > > FlightGear's development would move at a much quicker pace than we > > do right now. ..this assumes all those MSFS users who have created scenery, aircrafts etc, _still_ owns the copyright to their own work, _and_, are free to re-use it whereever they please, _and_, under whichever license they please. ..I dunno MSFS licensing, but if it's like Microsoft's other schemes, reusing stuff that's also is MSFS will be waaay dodgy, because of their litigation funds, so we might find ourselves somewhere between scaring these ex-MSFS comtributors into writing brand new for FG, to shooing them off from even using FG at all. ..even if you _are_ squeaky clean and in the clear and will win in the end, litigation against Microsoft, is _expensive_. http://groklaw.net/ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
