"I hereby formally object ..." It is a matter of great regret that such things could, and can, happen in the public domain community.
I might try to persuade you to reconsider on the following grounds:- 1.Everyone has the right to free speech (within certain limits and the law). 2.Flightgear does not appear to espouse any religious or political viewpoint. 3.Flightgear does not appear to willingly favour any one particular cause or group of individuals. 4.Flightgear does not appear to demand any restriction to the uses of the project so long as credit is given where due. Thus from the above, it is not a position that flightgear can logically respond to. People may object to the uses that other people may put the project, but in reality, there is little or nothing the flightgear community can do along these lines other than ensure that it does not espouse such behaviour, or appear to condone such behaviour either by supporting it through links, or references. To do otherwise, might in itself amount to the very abuse that one seeks to avoid. Basically, it is not Flightgear that has transgressed on this point, and it might be considered to be regrettable that flightgear is seen to be paying a price for it. I.E. Such circumstances may well lead us to shoot ouselves in the proverbial foot. :-( The whole concept is a remarkable testament to the generosity of man, and is in the finest traditions of humanity. We come together for a common purpose, we ask not colour, race, creed or nationality. Were one to ask anything of a member to the group, it should be only sufficient that he or she, reply, "I have contibuted to the flightgear comunity." -|steve|- S.Graham-Merrett _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
