Have to check the gpl. Most address the issue of expansion of the code. On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 2:02 pm, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Here's a question for all you amateur lawyers and GPL experts out > there. > > Let's say that someone wants to create a proprietary aircraft within > the > FlightGear system, and then distribute a larger "system" that includes > FlightGear + that aircraft. > > In my view, the FlightGear GPL license covers our source code, but not > content created with or used by that code (except for things like the > base package which is explicitely licensed as GPL.) Is it possible > that > someone could lay claim to any newly created proprietary "content" (3d > models, artwork, panels, etc.) by way of the GPL? Even if FlightGear > is > happy to allow people to create proprietary aircraft, could someone > upstream in plib or zlib or openal land somehow file a complaint? > > To me this is analogous to Microsoft demanding all documents created > and > owned by a company just because they created and edited them with > Microsoft Word. I just don't see that ever happening. > > But I wonder what others think about this issue from a legal point of > view. > > Thanks, > > Curt. > > -- > Curtis Olson http://www.flightgear.org/~curt > HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ > FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
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