Re: [Flightgear-devel] FLightProSim

2011-01-18 Thread Heiko Schulz
He he... well, let me guess? We still don't have a laywer who can fight those shit? As we all know the truth behind it should be clear for all that there are copyright infringements clearly visible? Even if they can take FGFS and sell it due to our licence, they are not allowed to say that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FLightProSim

2011-01-18 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Heiko Schulz aeitsch...@yahoo.de wrote: He he... well, let me guess? We still don't have a laywer who can fight those shit? As we all know the truth behind it should be clear for all that there are copyright infringements clearly visible? Even if they can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FLightProSim

2011-01-18 Thread Martin Spott
Heiko Schulz wrote: As we all know the truth behind it should be clear for all that there are copyright infringements clearly visible? I doubt. Even if they can take FGFS and sell it due to our licence, they are not allowed to say that they developed the things they mentioned. They're

[Flightgear-devel] FLightProSim

2011-01-17 Thread RMcN
_http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=667522#post667522_ (http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=667522#post667522) Thought you'd find this interesting There are many differences between the two.Let me tell you the differences: More Updates: Pro Flight

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FLightProSim

2011-01-17 Thread Victhor
Well, all I can say is that those are all lies. In fact, FPS is based upon a outdated version of fg, and has been reported not to run, and its source code doesn't build either. :) http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=667522#post667522 Thought you'd find this interesting

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-15 Thread George Patterson
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Chris Wilkinson blobster...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Do you guys really wanna know how corrupt the character behind FSP is? Snipped This guy is laughing in the face of the free software world, sponging off the hard work of others. I think its time to wipe the grin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-14 Thread Chris Wilkinson
: Fri, 12 November, 2010 9:45:40 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook Confrontation? Don't be silly! This guy is a businessman, a shrewd capitalist at worst - these kind of guys don't make their money being brutal in peoples faces, they sneak around quietly like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:26:07 +0800, Innis wrote in message blu131-w26c667f2685c89ddeb94d6df...@phx.gbl: Hi Chris I would let it go mate. While I feel no better about people making money off my work I also feel that it is pretty much or own fault. ..you are here giving him a license

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:21:41 -0800 (PST), Chris wrote in message 429654.31507...@web56904.mail.re3.yahoo.com: Another avenue I have considered is a New Zealand consumer affairs program named Fair Go. This TV show has an excellent track record of exposing scammers, and sticking up for those

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Mally
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook This looks to be more of a moral issue than a legal one. I'll tell you what I'll do about this. I was born and raised in Christchurch, where this guy operates from, and I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Chris Wilkinson
-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, 12 November, 2010 8:38:08 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook ?Hi Chris I have reservations about this. It could easily backfire on you personally or turn out to be a traumatic event, particularly if it turns out to be more

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Chris Wilkinson
:40 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook Confrontation? Don't be silly! This guy is a businessman, a shrewd capitalist at worst - these kind of guys don't make their money being brutal in peoples faces, they sneak around quietly like mice, (almost) unknowingly

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Tim Moore
- Original Message - From: Chris Wilkinson blobster...@yahoo.com.au To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook This looks to be more of a moral

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Tim Moore
. Tim Regards, Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. -- *From:* Mally ma...@tklm.freeserve.co.uk *To:* FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net *Sent:* Fri, 12 November, 2010 8:38:08 PM *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Martin Spott
Chris Wilkinson wrote: Frankly this guy is a big part of the reason I have yet to commit my scenery and aircraft to the community. I do NOT want someone making money from my efforts without either my consent or without some form of input to the community as a condition of being allowed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Martin Spott
Mally wrote: Relicensing seems to be a good idea if the present license (or it's potential to be misinterpreted) is resulting in unhappiness for the contributors, or worse still, affecting the growth and development of FG, as seems to be the case currently. I think the latter statement is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Gene Buckle
FPS is a nuisance, indeed, but boycotting The FlightGear Project just as a means to hurt FPS doesn't buy us anything, I'd say. If we really aim at doing anything wrt. FPS, then we'd probably better care about getting our desolate PR department into better shape This is the key right

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread J. Holden
For the love of... Whatever your opinion on the legality of what they are doing, this is indeed a problem and reflects negatively on the community. Ignoring it will not make it go away. We need to know what we can do. Please, please, someone with a copyright interest in the software please

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Curtis Olson
Hi John, We have been down this road before. Here is a reply from the FSF: *From: Donald R Robertson III via RT [mailto:licens...@fsf.org]* *Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:47 PM* * * *Hello,* * * *Thank you for your interest. This link:* *http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-violation.html

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Martin Spott
Hi John, J. Holden wrote: Whatever your opinion on the legality of what they are doing, this is indeed a problem and reflects negatively on the community. Ignoring it will not make it go away. We need to know what we can do. I don't think we're ignoring the 'issue'. But we probably should

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Mally
checked out iirc. - Original Message - From: J. Holden stattosoftw...@yahoo.com To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook For the love of... Whatever your opinion on the legality

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Vivian Meazza
John wrote For the love of... Whatever your opinion on the legality of what they are doing, this is indeed a problem and reflects negatively on the community. Ignoring it will not make it go away. We need to know what we can do. Please, please, someone with a copyright interest in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Martin Spott
Mally wrote: I despair that everyone seems to be saying this guy's operation is fully legal, [...] This might be your feeling, but does not properly reflect what's been written on this very list. If you're approaching legal affairs with assumptions _that_ vague and imprecise as the above

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Mally
? I despair that everyone seems to be saying this guy's operation is fully legal, [...] This might be your feeling, but does not properly reflect what's been written on this very list. If you're approaching legal affairs with assumptions _that_ vague and imprecise as the above 'summary', then

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread ThorstenB
From: James Turner zakal...@ma... - 2010-11-12 13:37 Just to re-iterate - the best defence is a good offence. Stop worrying about FPS, and make FG better (by contributing), or promoting it better. It's essentially a marketing scam, not a competing product. (The current flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Mally
? Also, not sure if this was already mentioned. The person isn't only selling FG. He does the same with a lot of other GPLed software. Again, Google shows many similar sites - all with the same contact address in NZ. And I guess we'd find even more if we looked closer. Certainly looks like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Chris Wilkinson
, Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. From: J. Holden stattosoftw...@yahoo.com To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sat, 13 November, 2010 2:28:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook For the love of... Whatever your opinion

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-12 Thread Innis Cunningham
how the show operates. Regards, Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. From: J. Holden stattosoftw...@yahoo.com To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sat, 13 November, 2010 2:28:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook For the love of... Whatever your opinion

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Mally
?Arnt ..url to your facebook page? Would be the useful one url I meant. ;o) Effectively, once I'm logged in, the URL to my personal facebook page is still just http://www.facebook.com/ . Unless you're logged in as me, you're not going to see what I see on the page anyway, and there's no way

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Ron Jensen
On Thursday 11 November 2010 03:36:02 Mally wrote: ?Arnt ..url to your facebook page? Would be the useful one url I meant. ;o) Effectively, once I'm logged in, the URL to my personal facebook page is still just http://www.facebook.com/ . Unless you're logged in as me, you're not going

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:25:14 +0100, Citronnier wrote in message 4cdc0ada.6020...@gmail.com: Ron Jensen a écrit : On Thursday 11 November 2010 03:36:02 Mally wrote: ?Arnt ..url to your facebook page? Would be the useful one url I meant. ;o) Effectively, once I'm logged in, the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Gijs de Rooy
Hi all! XIII wrote: And why do they use an A-6E screenshot I have made me-my-own-self ? Nah, I just sent to Facebook an inquiry for copyright infringement :-) Content on the FlightGear wiki also falls under the GNU GPL license (as stated at the bottom of this page), so does this A-6E

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Robin van Steenbergen
I am not sure whether the content *generated* by a GPL-licensed program (such as FlightGear generating screenshots) would have to be licensed under the GPL as well. To be honest, I doubt it, because a lot of GPL-licensed tools are used to generate copyrighted content, even including

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Csaba Halász
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Robin van Steenbergen stone...@stoneynet.nl wrote: I am not sure whether the content *generated* by a GPL-licensed program (such as FlightGear generating screenshots) would have to be licensed under the GPL as well. To be honest, I doubt it, because a lot of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Citronnier - Alexis Bory
Csaba Halász a écrit : On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Robin van Steenbergen stone...@stoneynet.nl wrote: I am not sure whether the content *generated* by a GPL-licensed program (such as FlightGear generating screenshots) would have to be licensed under the GPL as well. To be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:50:03 +0100, Robin wrote in message 4cdc1ebb.4050...@stoneynet.nl: I am not sure whether the content *generated* by a GPL-licensed program (such as FlightGear generating screenshots) would have to be licensed under the GPL as well. ..it's the When I push the button

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread J. Holden
Either Curt or someone who has contributed a significant amount of code to the FlightGear project should look into talking with an open source lawyer. On copyright grounds, we can only sue to enforce the GPL. Basically, we can only make FPS GPL-compliant, which I do not believe they are, but I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-11 Thread Chris Wilkinson
To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Fri, 12 November, 2010 2:46:25 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook Either Curt or someone who has contributed a significant amount of code to the FlightGear project should look into talking with an open source lawyer

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:46:20 -, Vivian wrote in message 3c9574cdcbb34cc5b329545212bec...@main: Mally wrote ?Arnt I think I have maybe one or two lines of code in FG... I helped fix a bug many moons ago. But I like to keep my interest in case there's anything I can offer in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:32:08 -0800, Hal wrote in message 201011101132.09107.hven...@gmail.com: On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:23:22 am Arnt Karlsen wrote: However, they are offering some added value by selling FG on DVD, ..how? That may be another violation of the GPL. This is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Mally
?? However, they are offering some added value by selling FG on DVD, ..how? That may be another violation of the GPL. This is specifically allowed by the GPL which allows for charging for media, reproduction and distribution costs. This amazing software package is Yours Risk Free for only

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Mally
? My question is, _do_ they offer the source as required under the GPL? Yes, they offer the full source code. Does this offer meet the full requirements of how it is to be delivered? I've no idea, but I do recall seeing a particular clause which I thought may not have been met. I don't have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Gene Lege
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Mally ma...@tklm.freeserve.co.uk wrote: ?? However, they are offering some added value by selling FG on DVD, ..how? That may be another violation of the GPL. This is specifically allowed by the GPL which allows for charging for media,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:20:37 -, Mally wrote in message ace4bad9dffe47aabb425ffa69afa...@chuchote: ? My question is, _do_ they offer the source as required under the GPL? Yes, they offer the full source code. Does this offer meet the full requirements ..yes, this far, no with GPLv3.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:59:12 -0600, Gene wrote in message aanlkti=wpr+y9jdz1rlreaj4nqwxup2w3xrxmzh43...@mail.gmail.com: They are not claiming a copyright - they are claiming that FPS is copyrighted and protected under the United States and other World Wide Copyright Laws Which is an

[Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-09 Thread Mally
?I've just had an advert for FlightSimPro prominently displayed on my FaceBook home page: QUOTE New Flight Simulator flightprosim.com Learning how to work the new flight simulator is very easy. You get 100% freedom, amazing scenery and a sophisticated Sky Model. UNQUOTE What is the current

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:33:45 -, Mally wrote in message 659018fab24b48ae85bc8d943d15e...@chuchote: ?I've just had an advert for FlightSimPro prominently displayed on my FaceBook home page: ..url? QUOTE New Flight Simulator flightprosim.com Learning how to work the new flight

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-09 Thread Mally
@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Mally ma...@tklm.freeserve.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:33:45 -, Mally wrote in message 659018fab24b48ae85bc8d943d15e...@chuchote: ?I've just had an advert

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim advert on FaceBook

2010-11-09 Thread Vivian Meazza
Mally wrote ?Arnt I think I have maybe one or two lines of code in FG... I helped fix a bug many moons ago. But I like to keep my interest in case there's anything I can offer in the future. Anyway, it's not really about that, and maybe in fact I should not concern myself with this issue

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim Wiki

2010-01-09 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Simon Hollier hellosi...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Martin, I don't think so as it appears to be last updated on the 30th of October. There is a user in Winnipeg, MB Canada that is sucking down an enormous amount of pages, but that isn't necessarily malicious.

[Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim Wiki

2010-01-08 Thread Martin Spott
Isn't this funny - the content looks a little bit familiar :-) http://www.flightprosim.com/fg-wikis/wiki.flightgear.org/ BTW, could this mirror be the cause for the almost regular 503 connection errors I'm getting recently when looking at the 'real' FlightGear Wiki ? Cheers, Martin.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim Wiki

2010-01-08 Thread Heiko Schulz
Isn't this funny - the content looks a little bit familiar  :-)   http://www.flightprosim.com/fg-wikis/wiki.flightgear.org/ BTW, could this mirror be the cause for the almost regular 503 connection errors I'm getting recently when looking at the 'real' FlightGear Wiki ? Cheers,    

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightProSim Wiki

2010-01-08 Thread Simon Hollier
Hey Martin, I don't think so as it appears to be last updated on the 30th of October. There is a user in Winnipeg, MB Canada that is sucking down an enormous amount of pages, but that isn't necessarily malicious. We're working on a solution to the 503's. Simon On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:04 PM,