Re: [Opengc-devel] status/Avsim conference update/RFC

[John W. <ca...@mm...>]

Hi Damion,

Like you, I have been both disappointed and puzzled by the singular lack of
support and interest within the sim community (hardware and software) for
projects like OpenGC. Yet there are any number of websites about projects
and individuals building flightdecks, selling software, and offering all
forms of products and services.

Over the course of the past year I been focused on expanding the FG and
OpenGC interaction and network design. The result is that my system has
evolved into a highly customized simulation with FlightGear and OpenGC.
Throw in recent hardware designs ( and software drivers ) that provide for
throttle/control input, momentary and static switches, rotary encoders,
light and LED displays, etc and one has pretty much all the technical means
to build a world class simulator. Just a question of high deep are your
pockets for cockpit hardware and visual systems and how much time to devote
to construction.

I am still troubled by your claim regards the source and copyright. The code
was moved from SourceForge so there is a question of continuity and again I
don't think CVS logs (which can be altered and edited) are sufficient proof.
I can recall making and committing changes to all segments of the OpenGC
code from the make files to basic modules such as ogcAppObject,
ogcRenderWindow, and ogcDataSources. So again, I would challenge your claim
of copyright and lay claim to those portions and modifications within the
larger document(s).

Again, if you wonder why there is a lack of interest, perhaps this is a good
reason.

Regards
John W.