On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:30:50 +0000 (GMT), Stuart wrote in message <724039.15837...@web26006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>:
> Q: Is it legal for the makers of Flight Pro Sim to simply re-brand > FlightGear ? A: Yes. Under the GNU GPL v2 ..have you guys decide _against_ GPLv3 and GPLv2-and-later and instead decided to go GPLv2-_only_??? ..if not, FG is "GPL" and "GPLv2-and-maybe-later." ;o) > (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html), this is legal, provided > that they distribute the source code (or make it available). > > Q: Has Flight Pro Sim paid any money to FlightGear for the rights to > the program ? A: No. No such payment is required, as FlightGear is > open-source ..say "is GPL software", BSD, MIT etc are also "open-source." -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
