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> Vortex,>> Sir you are not in compliance with the forum rules which>require you to sign your posts with your real name. I suggest>you have a look at the rules thread here:>> http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=2402&page=You are right, it is so easy to forget to sign. It would have been very easy for everybody who is interested in my name to find it out, as I have posted on this forum quite a few times already. One post, I remember, was even answered by you!Walter Walter Walter Walter Walter WalterWalter Walter Walter Walter Walter WalterWalter Walter Walter Walter Walter WalterWalter Walter Walter Walter Walter WalterWalter Walter Walter Walter Walter WalterWalter Walter Walter Walter Walter Walter(for every time I may have forgotten to sign with my name ;-))

Walter ;) thanks, It's not just one time but everytime. That's one reason I have set mine on the user menu, set it and forget it ;)[h5]Best Wishes,Randy J. Smith [h4]P M D G 7 3 7 NG[/h4]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/196432/mineimage.jpg [h3] Realism on the horizon [h5]AMD XP 2200 |MUNCHKIN 512 DDR RAM |ECS[/b ][i] K7S5A MB[/i] |GF2 MX 32 MEG and still runs GOOD!|WIN XP PRO |MITSUBISHI DIAMOND PLUS 91 19"[/h5]

Agreed. Let's put this whole issue to bed. Cheers all.Boyd Barker, Senior Command CaptainDirector of Special ProjectsKBOS Hub ManagerWestWind Airlineswww.flywestwind.com

>> Walter ;) thanks,>> It's not just one time but everytime. Yes, they call it Alzheimer

Gents-Thanks for keeping this conversation mostly civil... Copyrights always become a hotbutton issue in the simming community.At PMDG we are highly sensitive to this- as copyrights are the basis by which our company exists...I've not met the author of the checklists- but I have exchanged email with Cuyler and found him to be a good guy with good intentions... If I were a betting man I'd say this was an honest mistake with no ill intentions- and I hope you all can work it out so that everyone feels their Intellectual Property has been protected...But getns- thanks for keeping the conversation mostly civil.

Hi Cuyler,>I have PMDG's permisssion to use there material.< PMDG's material is not the matter of discussion here. >I found no copyright associated the Boyd's materialHowever, I did give him credit, which amounts to the same thing as a footnote in academic circles.You don't expect every author of a book who footnotes another author for use of material to get permission before inclusion in his work, do you. That does not happen in the legal or real world. Footnoting or acknowledging the original author is required.I both had copyright permission and did acknowledge Boyd as the author I used to modify the checklist.I did not pass this off as original material.I did not ask Boyd for his permission, which was a mistake, because there was no copyright notice or warning attached to the files I downloaded.:). My preferred (completely non-legal) advice would be for you to invite Boyd out for a beer, so the two of you can discuss the workings of the 737 over a couple of brews...Cheers,Gosta.http://hifi.avsim.net/activesky/images/wxrebeta.jpg

If you only 'citated' Boyd (and even forgot to footnote or mention him somewhere) I don't think he would be reacting in such a matter. But when somebody 'takes' the complete work of someone else and only changes a few things (keeping 90% the same), I wouldn't call this "using" his work. Think how this is called somewhere else.