2009/12/15 Scott Hamilton <scott.hamil...@popplanet.biz>: > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 21:30 +0000, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > > Being really really picky with English, the opening statement uses the > word "heavily" too often; it's not good style. As a suggestion of > replacement, perhaps; > > As many people will be aware, there is a new flight simulator product that is > being heavily > marketed at the moment - Flight Pro Sim. > As it is almost entirely based on FlightGear, there is some confusion between > the two. To help provide > some clarity, and answer some common questions, we (the core FlightGear > development team) felt it was appropriate to make a statement, and provide a > FAQ. > > "almost entirely" leaves an impression that there is little difference, > while not making a binding statement that we may not be able to > substantiate.. > > And in the next paragraph; > > It has been developed with the collaboration of a large number of individuals > for the last 12 years. > > though I feel "over the Internet" could almost be left out, it really > isn't important how we collaborate, the number and length of time are the > important bits here. > > > Given the similarities between Flight Pro Sim and FlightGear, > > the word "extreme" feels like it is trying to pull emotional strings here, > it could be removed without changing to meaning of the sentence. > > > Viewing this statement in to the future, how does it feel if a legitimate > commercial contributor crops up, is there anything here that would > deter or prevent an engaged contributor from working with the project? I > think by restating the GPL principles it has left open a contributor > we would be happy to work with. >
(Gawd, I dislike html email.) Scott, Say you want to embed into a certified hardware for flight training,. If I was an entity that wanted to use FlightGear, I'd probably be emailing Curt for suggestions to find a developer that is willing to consult as necessary and also to consider commiting patches from the commercial entity. There are other ways to contribute to the FlightGear project. I don't think anyone would say no to improved scenery, especially around the airports/airfields. There is nothing wrong with keeping the proposal quiet (ie off list) but an apparent fork in name only is not in the spirit of the GPL. The above approach is much more transparent than what has been done in the past. Regards George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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