Hi All,
To answer your questions;
Jon, yes this is the intention to help build FG more, as we can not code in
house hopefully our contribution of money will help the project.
Martin & Am, everything on the site is sold as per the conditions of the
GPL, we go further by having a developers area with full details of flight
gear. Also it is listed on the main page;
"All from the thriving Open Source Community, this software is forever
changing", "This is a commercial adaption of the world renown flight Gear
project. Further information available in our Developers Area"
There is no requirement for this anywhere under the GPL, but we deemed it
necessary to have a long term venture. This prize money is how we wish to
contribute back to the community.
Just to clear this up the GPL allows this kind of selling of the software.
We offer a service that provides this sim to people who otherwise would not
be using it.
But if they have any issues with buyers remorse after purchasing it, they
can get a full refund for 60 days.
So it is not a grab the money and run scenario like many people selling Open
Source software.
Another way to think about it is;
Have you ever bought fish, meat, rice etc at the supermarket?
Have you ever bought petrol?
Have you ever bought sports water?
Have you ever bought a burger?
Have you ever gone out for food at a restaurant?
These are all service orientated businesses.
The product is readily available to anyone for free if you know how to get
it, or have time to make it.
However, for some reason most people choose just to pay for it.
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