VATSIM requires any developer to sign a NDA before having access to their network, so it's not possible to make a open source client. SB747 was made before the NDA requirement, but I suppose sources can't be released due to obvious licensing issues. It seems it has been fixed so that it reports you as the aircraft you're currently using, but I'm not sure. Both(SB747 and SquawkGear) work under wine iirc. > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:41 PM, jack.w wrote: > Looking over the wiki page and info. Is Sb747 and AVC > limited to MS windows based machines? Or is there a Linux > version as well? Is source available? > > > > Only the sources of Reed's FlightGear interface (SquawkGear) is > available, but not those of SquakBox (SB747) aren't - due to licensing > issues with VATSIM. At least the author says he has "promised" VATSIM > not to disclose the sources. What's worse, SB747 is no longer > maintained. It works for now as it is, but has several drawbacks: > apart from not being open source, it annoyingly always reports a 747 > aircraft to VATSIM. So even if you flew an Airbus or a small Cessna on > FlightGear - you'll show up as a 747 on VATSIM. > And yes, SB747 is Windows only. People running normal Linux or some > obscure platform (such as Macs :-b ) need to run the Windows software > in a virtual machine - or use Wine. Both works. > Yes, it'd be great if there was an open source FG adapter to VATSIM - > it could also be a single utility then and a lot easier to install. > But I guess that's not going to happen too soon. > > cheers, > Thorsten > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
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