"Importing" data runs afoul of the ITC

Posted Nov 9, 2014 11:23 UTC (Sun) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: "Importing" data runs afoul of the ITC by jhhaller
Parent article: "Importing" data runs afoul of the ITC

> Will the civil aviation authorities know that a critical airplane engine replacement part was printed from some unauthorized CAD file before it causes a crash?

how do would the civil aviation authorities know that a part installed today meets specs? after all, it could have been manufactured on a out of calibration lathe, or by an unauthorized machinist, or it could have been made from a smudged blueprint. Or it could even have been made from a unauthorized blueprint.

3d printing doesn't change the risks for something like this, the part either meets specs or doesn't, no matter how it's produced.