Steve Hosgood wrote: > Martin Spott wrote: >> Hi Stewart, >> >> Stewart Andreason wrote: >> >>> I thought I was done, but you know how it goes. I thought of several ideas >>> for >>> improvements, and managed to write the code to do it. >>> >> >> How would you define "non-profit commercial use". Does your intention >> meet the demands of the GPLv2 ? >> >> > Ignoring GPL issues for a moment (important though they may be), the > entire concept of the Star Trek® Danube-Class® Landing Craft® is > copyright© by Paramount Pictures® until about the year 2845 (assuming > the US government manage to keep extending the terms as they have for > the last 50 or so years). > > Is it safe for FG to include such a likely target for Paramount > Pictures'® Copyright© Lawyers® (*)? > It looks like a great model (from the screenshots) and probably would be > nice eye candy and publicity for the FG project, but it could be a > ticking bomb for us. I'm rather uneasy about it all.... > > Steve > > > (*) Yes, I'm overdoing the ®'s and ©'s for effect :-) > Have you ever read the blurb on offical ST merchandise? It's plastered > with them - and "tm" too (which I don't seem to have a symbol for, > otherwise I'd have abused that too!).
A good question. As there are numerous 3D and meshes being shared freely at http://www.trekmeshes.ch/ and http://www.scifi-meshes.com and I also quote from the credits file: "Use it freely as you want, as long as copyright credit to Paramount and me as the author of the clone." and "No data set from the original were used in this model. This model is a clone, a recreation of the original model. Creation of this model is NOT intended to infringe upon any original material or concept copyright held by the above named entities." If Paramount's lawyers are smarter than SCO's, they should welcome free advertising. (in a reasonable world) Perhaps I need more visual credit to Paramount? I certainly have not added authentic or recorded sound effects, so that angle is safe. Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
