* Jon S. Berndt -- Thursday 22 January 2009: > > Bingo737 > Boing 314?
That wouldn't work. It's too similar, as probably any court will find. > Actually, David Slocombe had a good suggestion earlier. I'll > formulate a letter to the Software Freedom Law Center and ask > them for guidance. The problem isn't even so much complying with laws in multiple countries, but avoiding to get sued. Unfortunately, these are entirely different things. If that center says we are right, and Boeing says we are not, then what?! Is anyone willing to spend the money/time/nerves for a lawsuit, even if we are confident to be on the right side? I think you made a tactical mistake by writing in your letter "none of our aircraft models are sold". Not only because it's wrong, but also because this raised their expectations. They might have agreed with a distribution under the GPL otherwise. But then again, I would not proactively avoid the trademark Eurocopter or MBB in the bo105. It's plausible that I act in good faith. I model an Eurocopter Bo105, after all, which is perfectly legal. So calling it that, too, seems rather obvious. It's like making a photo of a bo105 and labeling it "Eurocopter Bo105" and distributing that. IANAL m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
