DAFIF going away?

For my waypoint generators, my main source for data for outside of the US
is the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File, a product of the US
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency NGA (Formerly NIMA - National
Intelligence and Mapping Agency, I think, but that's not relevant anyway).
I've been hearing nasty rumours that the DAFIF file will no longer be
available on the net for free download, and the CD won't be available to
non-government users.

That could be the death of my waypoint generator for outside of
the US.

Does anybody know about this?

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In a previous article, (Paul Tomblin) said:
I've been hearing nasty rumours that the DAFIF file will no longer be
available on the net for free download, and the CD won't be available to
non-government users.

Here is an email I got from Jerry Leicht, the DAFIF Program Manager:

:From: "Leicht, John J. "
:To: "'Paul Tomblin'"
:Subject: DAFIF data

:Paul,
:
: Thank you for sending in your question about DAFIF and whether it'll
:be available any longer. Here's what I know. There is an initiative to
:remove DAFIF from the www and from public sale. The issue is not set in
:stone, but is being entered into the federal register for comments and
:complaints. There is still some talk about having a US only DAFIF, but for
:now that's just talk.
: This initiative began because the Australian AIP producers are suing
:Jeppesen for copyright infringement. I don't know any of the details
:involved, but in order to prevent a similar situation, we are researching
:contingencies like this.
:
:Jerry Leicht
AFIF Program Manager
:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
:Comm: 314-263-4636
SN: 693-4636
:Pager and Voicemail: 877-523-0130



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