Re: [Flightgear-devel] Logos and licensing

[Erik H. <er...@eh...>]

On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 01:57 -0500, Chris O'Neill wrote:
> I'm no lawyer, and I'm certainly not up on the law around the world, but
> there's a concept in North American common law that one must take
> "reasonable and prudent" steps to avoid liability.  With this concept in
> mind, I respectfully ask whether it is "reasonable and prudent" to
> explicitly take the position that we'll "look the other way" when a
> possible copyright infringements are occurring?  Likewise, is the "if we
> don't ask permission they can't say no" position reasonable and prudent?

To be honest I don't see any legal difference between creating an
accurate livery for a virtual aircraft or publishing a photograph of the
real aircraft.

Erik