On Aug 27, 4:41*am, Michael Jaworski
wrote:
So basically the message being promulgated here is that it is ok for the
LK8000 team to take someone else's copyrighted work (which is distributed
under a licence with strict terms stating how it can be used/distributed),
create a derivative work and shirk on his contractual obligations with the
original author? *

And that we should all help and support the LK8000 author in undermining
this agreement by keeping the distribution channel 'underground' so that
this distribution cannot be so easily proved by the original (XCSoar)
author, thereby leaving him with no redress?

I think those that are using LK8000 need to take a step back and ask
themselves whether what they are doing is really acceptable.


OPEN SOURCE..=...SOURCE CODE is freely available to modify and mess
with any way you want, just don't sell the
resulting product.

Purpose: So that people can modify and redistribute their own version
of the code as long as they are not profiting.

Result: The source have been copied, modified and is not being
sold.....so what is the problem?

Granted I don't think the source is available yet, but the developer
does not feel its ready yet....needs commenting, documentation etc
so in due course LK8000 should be fully in compliance with the
license. Lets give these amateur developers some slack
as they can not be expected to run like a corporation when 1 person is
doing the majority of the work.

Now if it does go Commercial then they will have the crap sued out of
them, and they know it, so lets not
worry about that. Highly unlikely to go commercial because their
market is too small for it to be worthwhile and pulling a move like
that
will ensure that they have NO customers as I believe the glider folks
will black ball them and not support the commercial
product.

Open Source promotes development of better and free software for the
benefit of all at no cost and I see that
happening exactly as envisioned with LK8000 branching off from XC
Soar.

No one looses, and everyone gains from this natural evolution of the
software.

No need to over complicate the very thing that Open Source was
designed to promote.

Ray