"Curtis L. Olson" wrote:
> If people don't like Vatsim's approach or their licensing terms, you are
> welcome to your opinion, but maybe you should take it up with the vatsim
> folks rather than firing random shots in the air around here. But if
> you do take it up with vatsim directly, please make it clear that you
> aren't speaking on behalf of the flightgear project as a whole.
Ok, in theory having a closed source interface _might_ serve the
licensing issues, _but_:
- Who likes to have to use a closed source module in order to connect
their OpenSource flight simulation to VATSIM ?
- More important, who of the OpenSource developers likes to maintain a
closed source module, compile it at least for half a dozend
different platforms and play the lonesome cowboy to whom bug reports
will be adressed - without having any chance to share the load with
someone else ?
- Most important, who of the OpenSource developers likes to take the
risk of getting sued for license infringement because VATSIM
might claim he could have transferred source code from the closed
source interface to FlightGear ?
Anyone ?
Cheers,
Martin.
--
Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !
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