Hi,
as maintainer/founder of the "official" livery database I will try to answer
Pete's questions, altough
I do not understand how most of them are related to the liveries anyway...
The livery database was set up as a repository, just like
http://scenemodels.flightgear.org, to host
data that does not fit within Git/CVS. The repository is official in the sense
that it is acknowledged
by the head of FlightGear (Curt) and most developers (I have not receive one
complaint on it so far)
and it lives under the flightgear.org domain, meaning that people can directly
contact Curt (and thus
FlightGear) if they have problems with it.
The database itself is not available under GNU GPL, as it does not need to.
Actually, there is not a
single license statement on the website, except for the "Your files have to
comply with the GNU GPL
V2 license" upon contributing. I will add a license notice though, as I see
that I should have added it.
But even then, making the files available under GNU GPL does not mean that the
SQL database in which
the authors/links/airliners are stored must be GNU GPL as well.
Now, if I am right your problem is that the airlines might sue us because we
use their logos? If those
airlines have problems with that, they are free to contact me and I will remove
those liveries involved.
Actually those airlines should be glad that they are included, as we give them
free advertisement. There
is even a link to their website included on the download page.
However, as far as I know Pete does not own an airline (atleast not one that is
of such importance that
we've a livery of it)...
Conclusion: I will add a license note to the website, as that is what I have
forgotten.
Cheers,
Gijs
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