I posted something to slashdot, but I guess it came out as "anonymous
coward". Honestly, there are a lot of sharp people that read slashdot,
but for every one of them, there are 10 complete morons. And at least on
slashdot, the dumber the person and the less information they are armed
with, the more emphatic they will make their point. I personally don't
have time to correct every statement on slashdot, especially with people
that shout louder than me. And my comment probably is ranked so low no one
will actually see it, but hey, I did put in 15 minutes of effort here. :-)
If someone else wants to be the flightgear "slashdot information
correctness ambassador" I will be happy to give you an appointment and give
you an official title, and even an official email address.
Curt.
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Arnt Karlsen <a...@c2i.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:42:40 +0200, Tim wrote in message
> <CAPK_1fyqmUGgLrEO8KEUPGNvUHb5Frcr=ypieemg7m_oyjn...@mail.gmail.com>:
>
> >
> http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/09/14/2048240/patent-troll-sues-x-plane
> >
> > It turns out that the patent has nothing to do with flight simulation
> > but with remote license checking, but still. The Slashdot article has
> > the line ""X-plane is a cross-platform flight simulator app, notably
> > the only serious one that supports Mac OSX and Linux." In the comments
> > the "serious" part refers to X-Plane being "FAA certified." Now, I
> > know that software isn't FAA certified -- complete systems --are and
> > that FlightGear has been used in commercial simulators too, but
> > someone (Curt?) with the real details might want to chime in with a
> > correction.
>
> ..looks like Austin's big sin was make X-plane an Android app.
> Who are the other 8 app developers?
>
> ..he should have dual-licensed X-Plane, _much_ easier to
> find pro bono lawyer etc help with the GPL. Oh well.
>
> --
> ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
> ...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.
>
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