Hello @all,
> > Erik Hofman wrote: > > > Or maybe it's good enough to replace the > texutures with plain white > > > images for now? > > > > I've done this until an agreement is reached. > > I hate to be the messenger here, but I think it's really > obvious that these > textures have to be removed from CVS completely including > any history. Because > otherwise one could just checkout an older version of the > textures to get them > thus we would be distributing them, which is explicitly not > allowed by the CG > textures license. > > Stefan > In the moment eactly this seems to be right,(But I'm sure it is not quite right) and exactly what I want. >The problem was for the next release which is fixed for now. >Maybe this can be done by removing the rights to read from that >directory at the CVS server side (or something)? It would be a pitty to >remove everything and add it back later. I'm already in contact with the author of CGtextures.com and that's what he wrote: Quote by Marcel Vijfwinkel: "Hello Heiko, Because a license does not explicitly say it cannot be used for Open Source does not mean it's fine to release the materials under an Open Source. The licenses have to be compatible in order to be allowed to do that. In CGTextures the license it says: It is not permitted to: - Sell or distribute any of these textures in an unmodified form, or where the derived product you are selling or distributing is a Texture or a collection of Textures. Most Open Source licenses allow unlimited redistribution of the materials, so the Open Source licenses are not compatible with this clause in the CGTextures license. I can understand it would be nice for your if the textures could be released under Open Source, but unfortunately it's impossible to run a business if the textures would be Open Source licensed. If I would allow the textures to be released under Open Source, anybody could upload them to Bittorrent legally. And if people could download them without being restricted by a quota they wouldn't buy memberships. Without the membership sales, I can not work on the website fulltime and I cannot afford the webhosting or camera equipment to make these textures. Allowing the release under Open Source is really not any benifit for my business (and don't get this wrong, even though I give away textures for free CGTextures is a business). One option you have is to release your art materials not under Open Source, but under a license which does not allow redistribution of the textures. Or simply use textures from another source which can be used under Open Source ofcourse. Kind regards, Marcel Vijfwinkel" I'm still not convinced with his answer but until there is more clear licence or even answer by our laywers (Do we have?)I want to remove the whole history. I want to be on the safe side! Thanks Heiko __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
