What exactly do you mean by compromising Open Source in the context of getting FG working with closed source/proprietary software?
While I much prefer O/S I'll use whatever software I want and don't feel any qualms about using C/S proprietary software. Software is a tool, not a religion and developing software isn't about proselytising but making something work. I figure that vatsim would be happy to be able to distribute a suitable interface client but aren't prepared to finance the development of one. If I had current C++ skills, instead of obsolete COBOL & FORTRAN experience, I figure the easiest way to solve this would be to write an interface client (a discrete userland prog that could talk to their servers but also communicate with FG though it's existing IO) under their conditions, and give it to vatsim for them to distribute, and if it were taken up and used, further maintain. LeeE On Tuesday 13 June 2006 15:20, GWMobile wrote: > Way back on compuserv forums when I first posted the idea of > multiple people working together to build an open flight sim > along the lines of linux I never expected there would be talk > of rolling that into some sim that is proprietary in any way. > Build it and they will come. > Vatsim will convert to you if make an open source flying > network. > > You shouldn't think of compromising open source one single > inch. > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 9:13 am, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:50:34 +0200, Major wrote in message > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> As to my suggestion of linking FG and X-Plane to fly FG on > >> VATSIM, I haven't forgotten the project but haven't > >> actually got a working installation of X-Plane under Linux > >> that would allow me to write a plugin. I'll try and carry > >> on with that once I have X-Plane running again (actually, > >> it's the OpenGL acceleration that currently isn't working > >> on my computer, thanks to ATI being a year behind Linux and > >> Xorg development). > > > > ..you've probably heard "drop ATI windroid driver and use > > Xorg's ati|radeon" before. Very recent video card? > > > > -- > > ..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. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-deve > >l > > Bush's family and their Saudi partners make higher profits by > preventing Saddam's huge Iraqi oil reserves from ever being > sold. They'll Enron the world - George Watson 2001 > > For Hurricanes > www.globalboiling.com > For solar wind and earthquakes > www.electricquakes.com > > Typos caused by two inch mobile phone keyboard > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
