At 11/10/02, John Check wrote:
We have a compatible license. I was very careful to explain that my request was to get permission to use their models under the GNU GPL. The related email correspondence on this is in the ~/Aircraft/*/Models/uiuc dir (uiuc to be obsolete).On Sunday 10 November 2002 2:24 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Michael Selig writes: > > Since these are imports courtesy of developers working with MSFS, would > > it be a good idea to keep a copy of their models in original form in a > > separate directory? That way they could always come to FGFS and fly > > their original models as well as any enhancements to them? In each case, > > the original model developers have expressed some interest in FGFS. > > I would think that the author already would provide an original > "reference" version, i.e. the one that works with MSFS. If we have to > make slight modications to get the model to work with FGFS then why > not go whole hog and spruce it up a little while we are at > it... assuming we have the author's permission to do so. >If we -don't- have permission, then it's an incompatible license. It should be made clear when getting permission that modifications are likely to be made.
While I cannot speak for Curt, my interpretation "assuming we have the author's permission to do so" is out of courtesy to the creator.
So these are GNU GPL models plain and simple.
(Unfortunately, I was not able to secure a GPL model for the Fokker triplane model, which I hope to post sometime today.)
Regards,
Michael
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