[Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-28 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi with the new osgText feature we can place arbitray text in the scenegraph. For that, font files are required. Not many fonts around are compatible with GPL. One that is - or seems to be - is "Bitstream Vera": http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ I think it's a very

Re: [Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-28 Thread francesco
Torsten Dreyer ha scritto: > Hi > > with the new osgText feature we can place arbitray text in the scenegraph. > For > that, font files are required. Not many fonts around are compatible with GPL. > One that is - or seems to be - is "Bitstream Vera": > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf

Re: [Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-29 Thread Victhor Foster
We already have it! Look at some planes, like the DR400. > Torsten Dreyer ha scritto: >> Hi >> >> with the new osgText feature we can place arbitray text in the >> scenegraph. For >> that, font files are required. Not many fonts around are compatible >> with GPL. >> One that is - or seems to be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-29 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> > Is this a first step to create aircraft ID on fuselage ? I hope > > yes :-) Yes - and you triggered this development with your immat-patch for the Seneca ;-) > > it will not create any sort of problem for FlightGear redistribution > > by any means. I don't think so either. But I am neither a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-29 Thread Victhor Foster
I was just saying that we already have this. :) Good to see that things are going to be easier now. At last I can make LED displays :D > >> We already have it! Look at some planes, like the DR400. > That's a complete different approach of adding text to the scenery. > It uses > textures and the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] include TTF with GPL compatible license into base package?

2009-08-29 Thread Matias D'Ambrosio
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > Hi > > with the new osgText feature we can place arbitray text in the scenegraph. > For > that, font files are required. Not many fonts around are compatible with > GPL. > One that is - or seems to be - is "Bitstream Vera": > http://ftp.gno