However more of the 95% of material are originally from Gerard never committed and as long i can read the original documents, the NEW HANGAR related, those material are or Freeware or "nothing",
Please cut the bullshit.
1) It doesn't matter how much material is by Gerard vs. you vs. anyone else - if you edit and update a GPL work and release it, you have to abide by the terms of the GPL license. If you use any of my GPL material and re-distribute, you have to abide by the terms of the GPL license.
2) You confirmed yourself:
Yes that update is GPL .
3) As everyone can verify, this original GRTuxhangar aircraft bundle I downloaded from your site before it went down contains COPYING notices for every aircraft which clearly spell out the terms of the GPL v2 license.
4) In addition, the README-FIRST files e.g. listing the updates contain a GPL license statement, to quote e.g. from the SR-71
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#===================================================================
Property of Gerard Robin 01-04-2006
the Model is under Copyright GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE
see GPL COPYING file attached to this package.
Thanks for using that Aircraft.
#===================================================================
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Here is the basic flyable models.
Both variants are available
BlackBird-SR71-A was the usual Aircraft, with Pilot and RSO, you can launch it with: fg --aircraft=Blackbird-A
BlackBird-SR71-B was the training Aircrfat, with Instructor Pilot and Student Pilot, you can launch it with: fg --aircraft=Blackbird-B
Permanent updates==========================================================================
> Better shape and arrangement of the cockpits.
> Redesign of the canopy and fuse adaptation.
> Better rendering effect.
> We also added the new haze gl feature, noticing it can work against any FG
> rendering condition , with/without ALS , even working with Rembrandt ( we
> just had to unlock the ALS constraint).
>
> Panels and cockpit board are populated with instruments (with regard of the
> SR71 Manual) , some are functional, the others want development ( we are
> working on it ) .
> A specific menu , with dialog-box(s), have been improved.
>Refuel options:
>dialog box refuel on ground
>generic air refueling AAR
>dialog box customized air refueling with autopilot
>dialog box fake air refueling with high flow rate
Last updates=====September -2016===============================================================
>Some instruments and equipments which are done by Justin (Pinto) have been
> included ,Sensors, Nav-dispalay, Throttle, Teb-shot, ENP, CIT, and the
> related engine failure. We copied it from his own fork
> Those addon related we just arrange the compatibility with our system frame.
>
> Also taken in account the major Engine and Tanks updates which were outdated
> since done 10 yeas ago, guessing Gerard could not get the right
> documentation, and the jsbsim tank management was not that powerful level.
> Those majors updates were done by Justin. We copied it from his own fork
> (github).
> We did also took in account an FDM addon (also by Justin ) , we included it
> as a switched option.
> It reduce the tolerance at flight , making the flight control very accurate
> and sometime difficult, but more realistic.
This file clearly refers to updates Sep 2016 - and yet clearly spells out that it is distributed under the terms of the GPL.
5) In case that isn't sufficient, also the aircraft *-set.xml files contain GPL licensing statements.
So I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the licensing statements you have done throughout this package are rather thoroughly done and allow modification and / or re-distribution under the terms of the GPL while they do not allow you to place any restrictions on that.
Are you sure you want to put FlighGear community in a very bad position regarding the Law ?
Kindly make sure you understand how licensing works before making empty statements.
So, since we've covered the legalities, would you mind picking an option a) b) or c)?