For some future project that models some other aircraft, maybe a more generic name would avoid potential concerns (assuming we could reasonably anticipate potential concerns), but I have told the honda lawyers I would honor their request and that I would also honor the spirit of their request. I have done so within the flightgear.org domain (which is what I have influence over), and I've promised to keep that promise in the future. According to the interpretation of the honda lawyers, it's not just the use of the name that is a concern, but the shape and likeness, paint scheme, logo ... pretty much everything. (According to honda, every aspect of everything is carefully patented and registered and copyrighted and protected, etc. etc. etc.) If someone knowledgable would look at our model and think it might be a honda jet, then honda probably has a concern ... that is their interpretation, not mine. My personal feeling (I am not a lawyer) is that creating simple 3d models of aircraft for the purpose of realistically simulating the real world is a fair use. Honda can't disallow anyone from seeing these things in the real world, we are simply trying to simulate the real world. But I don't employ a team of lawyers, fighting legal battles isn't my idea of a fun hobby, and honda made their request in a respectful manner. I chose to respond in a respectful manner and honor their specific request. Best regards, Curt. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Alex D-HUND <gfreaks.fgfs@...> wrote: > Am Wed, 14 May 2014 20:42:21 +1000 > schrieb George Patterson <george.patterson@...>: > > > Can we call it the Horde jet instead? :-) > > > > Maybe Hound might be more appropriate though perhaps offensive to > > D-HUND. > > > What about Hondape? Or would that be offensive to gorillas? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- Curtis Olson: http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org