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==Why did you refuse a money offer from FlightProSim?==
==Why did you refuse a money offer from FlightProSim?==
After a lot of negative criticism from the FlightGear developer, FlightProSim offered to fund a competition in which a developer of a nice new feature is rewarded with a sum of money ($250). The FlightGear developers have more or less un-officially decided to not accept the money offer. A couple of the reasons include:
After considerable negative criticism from the FlightGear community, FlightProSim offered to fund a competition in which developers of new features might be rewarded with a sum of money ($250). The FlightGear developers have more or less un-officially decided to ignore this offer. Some reasons reasons include:
* If the guy behind FPS really is interested in improving a flight sim, he would input his addons/improvements back into the FlightGear community so the software can be further developed.
* If the people behind FPS really is interested in improving a flight sim, he would input his addons/improvements back into the FlightGear community so the software can be further developed.
* Everyone is allowed to sell FlightGear, as long as they comply with the GNU GPL v2 license. FPS did not in the past, and thus we do not trust them any more. Only after lots of requests from our side they changed their website telling the visitors (in a very small message without link) that it is actually an adaption of free software
* Anyone is allowed to sell FlightGear, as long as they comply with the GNU GPL v2 license. Prior to complaints from the community, FPS did not even acknowledge that their product was derived from GPL software or content, or make any effort to comply with the terms of the license. The current compliance constitutes the barest legal minimum, i.e one (small) link from the FPS website.
* FlightProSim also copied all content from our wiki (and initially also our main website). That does not give a positive developer impression, more like a "we-want-money-fast-and-without-much-effort" attitude. Apart from the fact that FPS is actually part of a money making company, rather than a software developing one...
* FlightProSim copied all content from this wiki (and initially, also the main website), further reinforcing the feeling that they are more interested in appearing to have a product of their own, than helping to collaborate or develop a community project.


==Why do FlightGear developers allow this?==
==Why do FlightGear developers allow this?==
The freedom to modify and enhance FlightGear is a core part of the project, and of open-source in general. Restricting the modifications that are allowed and what people can do with the software goes against that ethos.
The freedom to modify and enhance FlightGear is a core part of the project, and of open-source in general. Restricting the modifications that are allowed and what people can do with the software goes against that ethos.
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