Although Flight Gear is a 'not for profit', there are at least a couple of 'businesses' (ProFlightSimulator & FlightProSimulator) that use FGS's software as their core including aircraft and world map. And, since those companies are in the 'for profit' realm, certain companies that are really serious about trademark infringement might consider going after them and, by association, come after FGS precisely because FGS software is the core of their product(s). Just a thought.
Regards, Duane -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Buchanan [mailto:stuar...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:29 PM To: FlightGear developers discussions Cc: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] .."IP" and litigation risks, was: AH-1 Merge Request Curt wrote: > So why aren't we *removing* all our existing uses of the redbull logo ... or at least the ones that I can find in 2 seconds? None of the people who are saying Jack can't submit his helicopter with a redbull livery are saying anything about the 2 aircraft and several scenery database models that clearly also use the redbull logo and have existed in our sim for years. IMO we should do just that (and they shouldn't have been included in the first place). I had forgotten about them when I wrote my first email on this subject, otherwise I would have suggested they be removed as well. We should be consistent. However given that there us such disagreement on this subject I'm not going to unilaterally remove them. I think by far the best option is to wait to see what comes out of the request that someone on the forums made to RB. Assuming they reply that will provide clarification one way or the other. > This smells strongly of a case where we like our policy better when it's applied to others and not ourselves. I'm not saying there isn't some logical explanation that I'm totally missing, I'm just saying what it smells like to me. Yes, you've said so twice. I think I've answered why I do not think that is the case and given an explicit example where the same standards have been applied to my own work. I'd like to think that you had a slightly higher opinion of my motives :) I have a policy of always assuming the best of intentions in others, even if I disagree with them. It's a great way to avoid getting worked up about things. -Stuart ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
