On 27/01/2010, at 12:44, DMcD <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't have any firm answer to this problem,
I do.
If a company is no longer interested in supporting their ancient
products, they should publish the complete drawings and technical data
under a copyright license which permits owners to manufacture their
own spare parts.
Doing so would be unlikely to expose any trade secrets because the
products are so old. It wouldn't enable their competitors to use the
designs against them either because to do so would expose them to
copyright infringement lawsuits.
But it'd allow legitimate owners of aircraft to continue to maintain
them forever, knowing that any spares they built themselves would be
equivalent to original, certified components.
Downsides? I can't see any.
- mark
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