On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Ron Jensen <w...@jentronics.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 April 2011 18:43:11 Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> > Ryan M <tpbspamm...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Something I've always thought about is an official aircraft repository
> > > that contained non-GPL2 aircraft- straight from the authors, of course.
> > > There are many aircraft for FlightGear that are not GPL-licensed (some
> > > of them very well-developed, like the Tu-154b and the MD-81), and I
> > > think it'd be best if we had an official repository for them.
> Currently,
> > > they are hosted on a number of unofficial "hangars," decreasing their
> > > visibility and their accessibility to the end-user.
> > >
> > > This discussion has been raised before on the forums; just thought I'd
> > > mention it here. Sorry if there's been a previous conversation about
> > > this and I've resurrected a dead topic.
> >
> > Eventually, this could even develop into a PlaneStore. The models could
> > be used for visualization for free, but to pilot one, the users could
> > have to pay a (small) fee to the authors.
> >
> > I'm not specifically advocating it, but with the right structure, this
> > could motivate plane developers, if we need that.
>
> I find the concept of a for-profit "Plane Store" to be utterly disgusting.
> It
> would be a gross violation of the social contract Flight Gear was developed
> under. I hope the infrastructure never develops for this.
>
>
Yeah, I'm not convinced that this is a good idea either.
What about financially compensating the scenery builders that have created
the runways and airports that the planes leave from? This is potentially the
quickest way to splinter the FlightGear project.
However, a utility that assists the user to install an aircrat tfrom a
location that is not in the fgdata repository could be benefitial to the
community.
Regards
George
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