Maybe there ought to be a continuous listing on eBay for FlightGear that we put there, that mentions all the other "rebrands", and prominently displays the web site, that it can be downloaded freely. The idea behind the listing wouldn't be to make money, just to set the facts straight.
Or something like that ... Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Hofman [mailto:e...@ehofman.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:27 AM > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another person selling FlightGear on > ebay > > George Patterson wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM, 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 C 2009 MT Software Solutions. All rights reserved. > > This might be perfectly legal if they, for instance, ship their own > installer. Then the package can't be sold as is (because if the > inclusion of their differently copyrighted software), but you are > allowed to grab FlightGear from the nmedia and give it to all your > friends for example. > > Erik > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
