-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Dreyer schrieb: > I tried the same approach as everyone else: get as close to the original as > possible. > What makes a model of a kids toy different from a model of a A380, a Cub, a > 747 or a PA28? > But to keep it safe, I will send a description and a link to my model and to > flightgear to Lego and ask for permission to use it. I don't think this > should be an issue, since this is noncommercial and nonprofit. > I will post my request and the answer (if I get one) here.
If we have the official permission everything is ok. (And if Lego has some brains they will give you the permission) The difference to "real" planes might be how they are protected by trade mark law (? - Markenrecht in Germany). There are different categories - and the shape of the original "plane" will be definitely protected in the "Toy" area. And when we use it, some lawyers might argue that we are also in the toy area (or even worse, Lego offers some cimputer programs / games, so they might even have a trade mark in that area as well). But - I'm not a lawyer. The real answer can only give you a lawyer. Just asked my girlfriend as she's studying law: she sees this case problematic as well. BTW: at least in Germany it makes a difference if it used "geschäftsmäßig" or not. As someone might ask money for distributing it (at least the big distributions are!), it falls under the "geschäftsmäßig" category - and "Markenrecht" applies. >>The "studs" are probably just different enough to avoid that issue. The >>real ogeL blocks are solid rather than cylindrical and uses less polys. But Duplo (the little child brand from the Lego company) has these type of studs, IIRC. CU, Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDwiSJlhWtxOxWNFcRAv/VAKCHQ3k+NuL20Ssd7fzjYTwsqtIMegCgk/h2 NLz/vCKPA4fl9A27B1eXBfY= =BI6H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
