There was another mod that was dependent on yours called Global AI Traffic - Offline , that was also removed from flightsim.to, apparently due to AIG. That really sucks.
There’s only one who does this every time, thinking that any and all AI add-ons must surely be their “property”. I guess their mode of operation didn’t work with Aerosoft!
Nonsense. Free ≠ open source. You can’t just edit/use and reupload someones intellectual property. That’s like downloading a movie for free and reuploding it. Stop lecturing about law if you don’t know it.
I am honestly seeing this as big loss. I understand that freeware doesn’t mean distribute but, I would have wished freeware developers will find a solution that bring the community forward instead of acting “me me take it down it is mine”. In my opinion, this attitude is hurting freeware landscape and encourages even more piracy.
No, you can’t accuse AIG because it is a request for a repaint. The flightsim.to team say to me just need to remove the paint and after the mod will republished.
On the opposite end of the spectrum there is the WT Simulations who offer not repaints but their in-house developed and highly rated Auto Pilot and Flight Management Systems free to be used by anyone. And some developers have taken advantage of this and even developed a pay-ware aircraft. Now that’s community development.
If I sit an artistic painting that I painted in my driveway and put a sign on it that read “Free” on it and someone picks it up, I shouldn’t get all mad because that person gives it to someone else.
but unfortunately it is legally correct and flightsim.to has no other choice than remove a file when someone his claiming his copyrights.
I’d still wish, they wouldnt have claimes the copyrights there, as there was no financial loss and the origin of files was mentioned anyway…
AIG should either get out of the way or make something. Don’t hamper the community with their petty, childish “It is my ball, and you can’t play with it” attitude.
Why even create the stuff in the first place, if not to better the communities FS experience? To that end, let their stuff be included in another’s project. It is to the same goal for goodness sake.
At this point, I wouldn’t even use an AIG product.