-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Gijs de Rooy wrote: > Hi, > > I know there was/is a discussion about using real photo's as FlightGear > textures. > Google Earth was one of the softwares that are usable for our scenery. > We know the pictures are copyrighted, but we may use them in FlightGear > because: > > - FlightGear is non commercial software (non paid). > > And when we read this Google-quote we got the idea we may use the pics... > > "You can personally use an image from the application (for example on your > website, > on a blog or in a word document) as long as you preserve the copyrights and > attributions > including the Google logo attribution. However, you cannot sell these to > others, provide > them as part of a service, or use them in a commercial product such as a book > or TV > show without first getting a rights clearance from Google."
As you can sell GPL software (for example sell CDs with it on) google's license would not be GPL compatible I belive. But I'm not a lawyer. > > My English is not perfect so I may read these sentences on a wrong way. Please > tell me if so. > > After all we just need someone who write Google to ask permission. > Here's the aplication form: > http://services.google.com/permissions/application :) > > Cheers, > Gijs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXFweWmK6ng/aMNkRCnamAKCX7D5L0oMAJb6753iLdE+FSrvNGwCghka8 yaQLY/ht7XglFN3zK9Q9RPE= =LrDm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
