Re: Thorsten Postures on GPL
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:53 pm
Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick !
Wecsje is it deliberate or are you just plain obtuse ?
Wecsje is it deliberate or are you just plain obtuse ?
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bomber wrote:What Thorsten is saying now is the stand I've always had towards GPL or any licence for that matter....
Thorsten Renk wrote:The GPL is designed to grant the freedom to developers to re-use, adapt and re-distribute material such that development does not rest on the goodwill of any single person.
ThorstenR wrote: The GPL explicitly does not require consent of the original copyright holder.
ThorstenR wrote:Somewhat in contrast, the FG policy is to respect creator's rights
ThorstenR wrote:All these aircraft (in an earlier development stage) are found on FGAddon where Gerard placed them.
this setup requires that updates are made to the downstream hangar, i.e. FGAddon.
Wecsje wrote:My only post here: You guys do the same thing when putting work in FGmembers... IIRC, D-ECHO made some nice scenery addons, and specifically said in his repo (and is still there): "Please don't fork this scenery to FGMEMBERS or similar" (https://github.com/D-ECHO/SintMaartenAntigua). But it is all in FGmembers... (https://github.com/FGMEMBERS-SCENERY/SintMaartenAntigua). Now I know this is allowed, but please don't become hypocrites, and shout at other people who also do it.
Regards,
Charlie (Wecsje)