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Hi!
Here are three questions: one about LEGO trademarks and two for the LDraw
community. The questions stem from a casual interest in selling custom LEGO kits
with instructions. Because there are existing vendors of excellent such kits -
and books containing similar instructions - I assume that LEGO and the LDraw
community are not hostile to such enterprise. However, as I consider entering
this lucrative market myself, I would like more direct assurance that it is
indeed acceptable.
Firstly, to what extent - if any - may the name, number, or image of LEGO
products be referenced in the sale of custom models? These properties would be
used solely to identify which LEGO sets should be purchased to obtain the
prerequisite pieces for custom kits.
Secondly, does LDraw policy (as expressed by the Contributor Agreement, other
documentation, or tradition) grant third parties the right to capitalize on the
considerable volunteer time, effort, and ingenuity represented by the part
library and the LDraw system?
Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, how do the individual authors of LDraw
parts and programs feel about such enterprise? The good will of the people who
propel this hobby is of principal importance to me. Would you be pleased to see
your work used - and promoted - as part of another small commercial endeavor, or
would you consider it a misuse of your contribution to the community?
Again, because of the considerable precedent - including but not limited to
books by LDraw software authors - I infer that it is not objectionable to market
materials containing LEGO and LDraw imagery.
If nothing else, I hope these questions prompt thought and discussion about the
variety of uses for the LDraw system and the LEGO brick.
Be well, and thank you for your input.
Jim
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