Re: [Flightgear-devel] ProFlightSimulator "The Most Realistic Flight Sim Ever"

[Stuart B. <stu...@gm...>]

Curtis Olson wrote:
> Out of curiosity, has anyone been able to obtain a copy of their source
> code?  Could this be posted in a known location?  Or is there a known link
> for downloading their code?  It might be useful for us to maintain a
> reference copy ourselves somewhere.  It should be no problem to get a copy
> of their code, right?

Hi Curt,

Not entirely sure whether you are being sarcastic or not, but I was able to
get hold of the source code (without buying it I might add). It's not
particularly
easy to get hold off, or indeed to un-tar (various semi-corrupt files), but it
is all there. As far as I can tell (IANAL) they are compliant with the GPL.

I would strongly caution those wanting to go after this guy in person from
doing so. It won't achieve anything.

As Martin and others have pointed out numerous times, what we have is basically
a marketing failure on our part. If people had put as much effort into marketing
and evangelizing FG instead of griping about an unlikely GPL violation, we
would be in a much better position.

To be honest, the people doing the most to combat this are people like
Mark Avery
who runs The Flight  Simulator Network and who has been ensuring that people
are aware of the situation.

I drafted an FAQ on this subject last time it came around, which was discussed
in detail, but never published on our website. Perhaps we should look at that
again? It would certainly help to have a official statement we could refer
people to, rather than relying on 3rd parties.

-Stuart