Fair use is also a defense for trademarks. The problem is these are defenses - they will only work if we are defendants in a lawsuit, and we don't want to litigate.
We should take a path which maximizes our resources while minimizes our potential to get sued, or at least have a lot of data removed from our repository. For instance, it is clear we can't use Google data for mapping by the terms of their license agreement. It is less clear on these trademark issues. Stating we do not endorse any companies or products which may be used within the simulator is a step forward, because it seems we would be in compliance. However as I've said before I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. The good news is we are unlikely to be sued. Still it is a good idea to state we do not endorse any products or companies presented in this software, stated in section 1125(a) found here: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_00001125----000-.html Cheers John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
