[Flightgear-devel] Logos and licensing

[Jon S. B. <jon...@co...>]

Chris' point is well-taken.

 

If in doubt - in fact, even if not in doubt - it's good to ask.

 

Here's an actual data point.

 

There was an "event' a few years ago that lead me to inquire with Boeing
about the use of their company name in identifying certain aircraft that had
been modeled in JSBSim and distributed with the source code. This was the
response I got:

 

Hello Jon,

 

Thank you for your inquiry regarding use of Boeing trademarks. 

 

Since it appears as though JSBSim will use the product identifiers
(e.g..Boeing 737) in a descriptive manner, and no profit will be derived
from said usage, then we have no objection to inclusion of the product
identifiers on the software.  However, if a situation arises in which the
aircraft models are to be sold for a profit, please contact us to discuss
implementation of a Trademark License Agreement for the sale of consumer
products. 

 

Please be advised that inclusion of the Boeing logo on any JSBSim is not
compliant with our Corporate Brand Strategy, and is not approved.

 

We have no objection to the proposed disclaimer provided, and prefer that it
is used.

 

Sincerely,

 

Now, we (JSBSim) don't have a problem with this since we don't use the
Boeing logo anywhere. I understand that this does open a huge can of worms.

 

We've taken the step of putting a disclaimer in each aircraft model.

 

Jon