Re: [Flightgear-devel] Time to divorce X-plane??

[Jon S. <li...@st...>]

On 10.05.2014 20:21, Alasdair Campbell wrote:
> On 10/05/14 19:27, Pedro Morgan wrote:
> 
>> I'm not saying we actually need to divorce from x-plane..
>> 
>> Maybe a more efficient way to "verify" data before its send
>> upstream..
>> ie data is wrong > correct data > verify data > send to xplane
>> 
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Pedro Morgan
>> <pe...@fr...> wrote:
>> 
>> am kinda working towards that
>> http://navdata.fgx.ch [1]
>> 
>> Idea is to push "submissions" (once its working) into a git
>> backend,, and get it "voted and confirmed"..
>> eg by pilots with an interest in an area = international
>> 
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Alasdair Campbell
>> <al...@bt...> wrote:
>> Enjoyed a lovely sunny flight to Inverness (EGPE).
>> Sadly, no ATIS on 109.20
>> I think that FG is now mature enough to hive off and clone
>> it's own "fgapt.dat" where local enthusiasts can rapidly make
>> changes without being being dependent on Robin's notoriously
>> long update cycle. I am not up to date with the copyright issues,
>> but
>> I think "This Could Be A Very Good Thing"
> 
>  I disagree, Pedro.
>  Here in the UK we have the NATS database, free for all on the net,
> which
>  provides detailed information on all UK airports. There can be no
> reason
>  why the details can not be immediately imported into a viable self
> maintained
>  database.

I can think of a big one. I suggest you go read 5.3(b) in the terms and 
conditions which explicitly denies you permission to do that.

-- 
Jon Stockill
li...@st...