Martin Spott wrote: >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 ? > >
Does the bridge module between flightgear and vatsim need to be closed source? Or just non-GPL? My assumption is that all the closed source vatsim magic happens in a proprietary library? We would link our application to this library. Am I wrong on this? Our application may not then be licensable under the gpl, but we could still make our portion of the code open and available. > - 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 ? > > Hmmm, this is dependent on the answer to your first point. Does the vatsim app have to be closed source, or is the vatsim app that we/someone creates simply an app that has to link to a non-gpl, proprietary library? > - 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 ? > > Well I think it's clear that the vatsim folks are more than happy to work with us if we are willing to meet them on their terms. If we develop a friendly cooperative relationship with them instead of an adversarial relationship, and if we follow their procedures and guidelines, why would there be a risk of being sued? 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
