Hi Curt
I'm not a lawyer, but the fact that they are using the name FlightGear
directly is troubling.
I know that it involves quite an extra effort, but I'd suggest the creation
of a foundation / no-profit with the power to enforce a trademark, like the
Linux Foundation does.
A foundation could also accept donations and use them to cover costs for
servers, hosting services, development equipment, etc...
Tom
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Curtis Olson <curtol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a slightly different wrinkle (maybe) on this whole selling copies of
> FlightGear under dubious premises.
>
> In this case FlightGear is prominently displayed in the ebay ad, but later
> they claim:
>
> Copyright
> This item is copyrighted. Any reproduction, duplication or resale of any
> kind is strictly prohibited.
> Software included is either released under GNU or contains our protected
> IP.
> Copyright © 2009 MT Software Solutions. All rights reserved.
>
>
> Is this a problem? Here's the link so you can see it all in context:
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flight-Gear-Simulator-2009-for-Microsoft-Windows-Vista_W0QQitemZ180388068783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item29fff77daf
>
> Thanks,
>
> Curt.
> --
> Curtis Olson:
> http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/<http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/>
>
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