On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:42:34 +0200, Boris wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Georg Vollnhals wrote: > > I use commercial data since a long time (DSat5) for FLY!II and > > X-Plane but as license agreements forbid giving it to the community > > I worked with low-res Landsat 7 data (and SRTM elevation data) and > > developed tools (Win32, Delphi) for improving picture quality, > > cutting and easy import into FLYII. > > Georg, a couple of days ago I posted a short comment about the latest > version of "D-SAT", where the normal version is available for about $ > 40 > US and another 'business version' for about $100 US: > > http://onlineshop.buhl.de/buhl?art=90 > > The (German) description for the second version explicitly states the > "right to export" images and use them 'commercially'. ..that is the precise legal meaning of "Mit der Business-Version erhalten Sie die Lizenz zur gewerblichen oder freiberuflichen Nutzung."? .there are license texts for this version? > So, I wasn't that sure whether it can be used for FG textures, or > not ... > > I was going to ask them about that possibility within the next > days, what I personally consider even much more interesting > than the possible 'permission to use their PURCHASED software to > create PRIVATE textures FOR YOUR OWN USE' would be about the > part 'you're entitled to use it commercially' - because ultimately > one could interpret this as if I am allowed to: > > 1) purchase the software, obtain all rights > 2) export images > 3) use them commercially > 4) create textures - DERIVED from the exported images > 5) "sell" my textures for $ 0.00001 US per set of textures ;-) ..or publish your derived work under the GPL. ;-) > Even more interesting, the resolution: 45 cm/pixel or about 18 > inch/pixel, if I remember correctly. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...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. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
