On samedi 22 novembre 2008, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > Hi, > > * KcKpers Ltd -- Saturday 22 November 2008: > [source code] > > > (to clear up this matter it is supplied on the CD the purchaser > > receives) > > Good. > > > (basically re-branding this which I understand is also within > > the terms of the GPL) > > Agreed. That's allowed. And unethical, as you let your "customers" > pay for our free work and let them find out later. You mention > that "your" offer is based on FlightGear. But it's not only > "based" on it. This *is* FlightGear with some camouflage. You are > deceiving your customers. Most of them would probably not have > paid $27 for something that they can get for free from us. > > > No I am not a lawyer or pretend to be one and if there is > > something that I have done incorrectly, > > Selling a rebranded version is OK. Using our screenshots is a > clear copyright violation! We only (used to) allow that for > reviews and announcements of FlightGear. You don't have > permission. (At least you don't have permission for any of > my screenshots! Not that you are using any ATM.)
I agree with Melchior, regarding the snapshots, i have made it for http://flightgear.org/index.shtml ONLY, not for you. I can notice that on your first main page www.flight-aviator.com there is 5 snapshots which are from me. > > > Once this goes live I also wanted to contribute some funds > > to the project developers, [...] > > This would make us profiteers of your deception, and I don't > think we want to be part of that. But that's Curt's decision. > People should know that FlightGear is free, and if they want > to support the project with money, then they should buy from > here: http://www.flightgear.org/cdrom/ Ripping someone off > and donating parts of that is only OK if you are Robin Hood. > > Thanks for your reply! > > m. > Thanks for your reply Regards -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
