phil white 274 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I was just reading on the P3D website that v2.0 is to be released this month, great news and I will be getting it for certain. Link to post Share on other sites
DaveLeafNiles 0 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Excellent news. It's on the top of my list to pick up. Thanks, Phil Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 it will certainly be interesting to see what the reviewers make of it Link to post Share on other sites
Ruzzo 59 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I might get this but as Nigel said, I'll wait until what the feedback of the community. Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I will need a decent replacement for my Flight1 Cessna Citation Mustang (in other words, another detailed light jet with a Garmin G1000 that can operate in and out of small airfields). I have also been told that use of any PMDG products in P3D is not allowed, although I am quite sure that many people will be using them if they can get them to work properly... Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Firth 114 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Oh Chris, I don't know anyone here who would try and get something to work when an EULA said you couldn't Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 ...reading on the P3D website that v2.0 is to be released this month... Just in time for Christmas lists. Anyone still think these guys don't have one eye on the retail flight sim market? It may just be a coincidence but this is exactly the timing any good marketing manager (is that an oxymoron?) would strive for. John Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 You have to laugh at the "EULA standard bearers" over at AVSIM. Do they seriously think that someone who knows how to get the PMDG 737NGX to work in P3D would refuse to do it because it says so in the EULA? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 EULAs are kind of a legal grey area, I think. What is legally enforcable in some places may not be in others, making it a bit of a minefield for the software vendors. From a user perspective, I think most of us feel as if we bought it and therefore we own our copy of it even though that's not a legally precise description of the situation. We believe we should be able to use what we purchased as we wish, including modifying it for our own purposes if that's within our capability, understanding that doing so voids any warranty, guarantee or legal responsibity of the developer/publisher. I think most of us also feel we should be able to give it away or sell it (un-modified) to others as long as we do not also continue to use it - one purchase, one owner/user (unless the license permits more). Piracy in any form, i.e. making unlicensed copies available to others in any fashion is clearly illegal and most of us probably understand and respect that, though of course there is a sizeable minority who do not. Obviously modifying and then selling purchased software would constitute an infringement on the intellectual property rights of the developer/publisher and I don't think any good arguement could be made for that. I suspect most of us are in some ways in violation of the EULA terms of some of our software, knowingly or inadvertently. Fortunately, enforcing such things is legally impractical in most cases and the publishers are pretty much forced to either turn a blind eye to it or to try to build self-enforcement features into the software itself. John Link to post Share on other sites
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