On Thu, 18 May 2006 16:50:58 +0200, Arnt wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 09:54:21 +0200 (CEST), Anders wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Wed, 17 May 2006, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 16 May 2006 21:04:57 +0200 (CEST), Anders wrote in message > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> On Tue, 16 May 2006, alexander babichev wrote: > > >> > > >>> I finished first version of TrackIR support for FlightGear. > > >There >> are still many things to do, but it works just fine. One > > >can run >> TrackIR on Windows computer and FlightGear on Linux box > > >without >> problems. > > >>> > > >> Hi! > > >> > > >> Great! If you could post a protocol description > > > > > > ...or... > > > > > >> (e.g. the source of the network part) I'll see if I can't > > >implement > something similar and hopefully compatible using > > >ARToolkit. > > > > > > ..in principle, these are 2 very different things, legally, such > > > as a specification and source code. > > > If you provides the first, Anders could provide his clean room > > > source code, _without_ needing TrackIR's permission, and legally > > > too. ;o) > > > > Yes, that's a good idea, and in this case the code for the receiving > > end in FG (assuming one is needed) could also be enough - I only > > need to know what is supposed to be in those packets. > > Specifications often have the problem that they neither get written > > nor updated. ..these should focus on _what_we_want_done_, rather than "how it was done", as in "how does the left gear leg tell what wheel forces it feels, where, and to whom?" > ..so, to do a clean room rewrite, Alexander would not give you the > code, he would have somebody write the specification, and then send it > to you, so you would be able to write squeaky clean clean room code. > ;o) > > > I thought Alexander wrote the networking code and that he was > > allowed to distribute it, albeit not licensed under the GPL. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...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. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
