GPL, does it work for you.

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby bomber » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:49 pm

As a user, why do you care what licence the content is under ?
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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby 123apple » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:02 pm

hans05 wrote:1) Octal himself --> people get the planes from github and not from FGaddon. I just do not get that (as stated by them) they WANT to get into the FGaddon.


Please do not use us to promote this nonsense.
As I'm sure you "forgot" to mention - we have always stated that it will not be in FGADDON until its ready. There are no license problems anywhere.

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby 123apple » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:05 pm

At the end of the day what we all want is for ourselves and others to fly the best possible plane

So is GPL an enabler or a hindrance ?


This is interesting and I need to think about it.

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby 123apple » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:12 pm

As a user:
I can break it. I can fix it. I can do anything with it basically.

I think it benefits users. More so the users that are starting to become developers.

As a developer:
I have no strong feelings either way.

And just as myself:
I would much prefer any license prohibiting commercial resale.

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby IAHM-COL » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:17 pm

bomber wrote:As a user, why do you care what licence the content is under ?


There are many licence alternatives out there. There are the most restrictive varieties. There are those that make it a crime to install software in more than one computer. There are those that limit kind of usage. There are those that include pervasive user agreements. The freedoms granted to the user by the GPL are unmatchable. As a user of software, I am most glad of GPL software availability.

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PS: As for the last legoboy's comment, I really don't have any qualms about reselling of GPL material. In every case where I know of the GPL content being available freely somewhere, I found most people obtain the material at not cost. Sometimes, people agreed to pay transactional fees with other goals in mind: ie, service and support (I am thinking here, per example, in certain paid linux distros).
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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby bomber » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:20 pm

You're not a user if you're breaking it... you're a moder, a would be developer.

And as this fledgling developer, how does GPL have any benefits over CC ?... or for that matter any more restrictive licence that allows you to modify as long as it remains on your Hard drive ?
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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby bomber » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:21 pm

Why, what is YOU want to do with this FG content software ?
"If anyone ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me - it's all balls" - R J Mitchell

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby 123apple » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:32 pm

You know what - you are right...

it makes one think, doesn't it...

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby bomber » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:32 pm

123apple wrote:
it makes one think, doesn't it...


that is one of the nicest things you've ever said
"If anyone ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me - it's all balls" - R J Mitchell

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Re: GPL, does it work for you.

Postby Octal450 » Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:28 pm

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