The thought occurs to me, and I don't know if anyone else thought of it... This fellow (and presumably others) are offering FG on ebay as a digital download. Are they hosting the download themselves or are they simply linking to flightgear.org and adding load to the server? If they're hosting it themselves, I can reasonably presume that they're charging for "the cost of distribution" (the ebay fees are part of this as well). However, if they're simply linking to the fg website, that gets into mighty shaky legal ground, and may, in fact, possibly be dealt with extra-GPL (ie A written order to the violators that they must host the software themselves for instance, since it doesn't violate the GPL in and of itself.)
JD Jocelyn Couetdic wrote: > Hi all, > > Le samedi 18 novembre 2006 à 19:34 +0100, Christian Mayer a écrit : > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Dene schrieb: >> >>> Hi Curt, thanks for re-affirming that, >>> >>> I am still a little unsure on some things; >>> >>> As long as I'm using images in a positive manner then it's OK? who makes >>> the judgement call on whether my use is positive or not? >>> > One simple solution would be to add in the images on the website > something like "flightgear.org", maybe with a ©. That way : > -> the fact that "someone" owns the right to this image is reaffirmed > to those who forget it > -> "bad" usage like the one that started this thread is less of a > concern, since its provides potential buyers the information the > flightgear community would like them to know. > -> it's easier to be nasty with "bad" users, since using the image > without permission is not legal (it's still true without this text, but > the rights' owner is unclear). > > Of course, a license like CC would achieve that and more. > -- A scientist claims in court that the reason he ran a red light is that, due to his speed, the color was blueshifted till it appeared green. Needless to say, the charges of running the red light were dropped and he lost his license for speeding excessively. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
