Jörg Emmerich wrote: > Why not try to put the risks where they belong?
This is of course the best strategy to follow. I have opted a few times for this way which will keep the trouble outside. However I see again some practical issues we would have to get around: > It should be possible to post other people things without taking the > responsibility for that - i.e. if FGFS proves it did its best to avoid > any legal problems. So how about an legal agreement in writing between > FGFS-Server-Resposible and the designer, that the later > - has been informed about possible risks (e.g. when using such Logos) > - has the approval to use that Logo from the owner of that logo > - and that he is of legal age > - and that he agrees that FGFS can remove his design from it's server > whenever opportune First we have various contributors which are not of legal age, starting from 13 years and up. This would exclude them from contributing to GIT. Their work is often of very high quality so it would be a pitty if they'd be discriminated against. Second I believe that besides the inclusion there is another legal problem to consider which would not be solved. By contributing to GIT a trademarked item is not only put on a server but also repackaged into FlightGear which is then distributed as a whole including those items. IMHO legally FlightGear can in this case not get back on the "blame the designer" standpoint- while on a webserver data is just transparently uploaded to be available for download, FlightGear does an active step for distribution by packaging and could be liable for spreading the item. So the responsibility for the distribution package is with FlightGear. What I can imagine as a solution: FlightGear does not include the liveries in the distribution but provides further web space for separately downloading those. Everything which goes on this server requires signing the letter of liability by the creator. Oliver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
