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* '''Practicality'''. Changing the license would require agreement from everyone who has ever contributed to FlightGear. Given the age of the project (15 years) and huge number of contributors (some of whom have sadly passed away), this isn't practical. | * '''Practicality'''. Changing the license would require agreement from everyone who has ever contributed to FlightGear. Given the age of the project (15 years) and huge number of contributors (some of whom have sadly passed away), this isn't practical. | ||
* '''Effectiveness'''. Re-distributors/forkers such as FlightProSim have so far shown no interest in keeping up with the latest FlightGear version, and any license change would not impact their use of back-level software. It is therefore unlikely that any license change would have an impact. | * '''Effectiveness'''. Re-distributors/forkers such as FlightProSim have so far shown no interest in keeping up with the latest FlightGear version, and any license change would not impact their use of back-level software. It is therefore unlikely that any license change would have an impact. | ||
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