FlightProSim: Difference between revisions

As many people will be aware, there is a new flight simulator product that is being widely and activelymarketed at the moment - Flight Pro Sim. As it is almost entirely based on FlightGear, there is some confusion between the two. To help provide some clarity, and answer somecommon questions, we (the core FlightGear development team) felt it was appropriate to make a statement, and provide a FAQ.  

FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator that was started in 1996. It is released underthe GNU General Public License v2, and as such, it is free to use, modify and distribute with few restrictions. It has beendeveloped with the collaboration of a large number of individuals over the last 12 years. FlightGear can be downloaded at no cost from http://www.flightgear.org.

Flight Pro Sim is a commercial product very heavily based on FlightGear. Investigation by a number of the FlightGear developers has found no difference between this and the FlightGear v1.9.1 release other than a change of name. FlightProSim is in no way endorsed or supported by the core FlightGear development team. Given the similarities between Flight Pro Sim and FlightGear, we would recommend that prospective buyers downloadFlightGear for free and satisfy themselves that Flight Pro Sim provides worthwhile value for money before purchasing it.

If you have bought FlightProSim, try to get your money back as soon as possible. You can have (almost) the same software for free nevertheless! They guarentee a 60 day money back trial periode, so this should be no problem if you react quickly.  

The FlightGear developers are interested in the package to see whether the package complies with the GNU GPL terms or not. Therefor we would like to receive a package for inspection. If you own a package and were unable to get your money back, please contact the developers through the [[mailing list]].

As far as we have been able to make out, the only difference between FlightGear v1.9.1 and FlightProSim is a change inname throughout the software, and the fact that you have to pay for it.

The freedom to modify and enhance FlightGear is a core part of the project, and of open-sourcein general. Restricting the modifications that are allowed and what people can do with the softwaregoes against that ethos.