On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:50:03 +0100, Robin wrote in message <4cdc1ebb.4050...@stoneynet.nl>:
> I am not sure whether the content *generated* by a GPL-licensed > program (such as FlightGear generating screenshots) would have to be > licensed under the GPL as well. ..it's the "When I push the button on my camera, a picture is generated, who owns it?" case. ;o) > To be honest, I doubt it, because a lot of GPL-licensed tools are > used to generate copyrighted content, even including Hollywood movie > blockbusters! ..the picture making art, is in how each picture is composed, not in how it's read off the image chip or written to disk. (Those 2 technological arts are usually covered by patents.) And Hollywood too is loud on copyright. ;o) -- ..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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
