Am Sonntag, den 26.02.2012, 02:26 +0200 schrieb Stefan Gofferje:
> > This was specifically an answer to Kreuzritter's suggestion to remove > all links to custom scenery from all official FG websites to force > people to create scenery for the central database. > I would consider this kinda blackmailing or trying to force people into > something. > Of course, the project follows some rules and I don't have any problems > with the fact that the scenery database is GPL'd and thus contributions > must be GPL'd too. I would only have a problem with any attempt to > subdue custom scenery, because IMHO, for the user it doesn't matter if > the scenery is GPL'd, PD or any other license that allows for > (cost-)free distribution and use. For the user it only matters to have > pretty scenery. No, for a user it matters if he has to download a scenery from one place or from many partly incompatible scenerys scattered around the internet. The latter one, the MSFS way of doing thing, is a horrible mess for the user. That's why i suggest do promote the "one scenery fits all" way. Best Regards, Oliver C, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
