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Re: Stud logos in fan apps
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Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:08:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Gqzvr4.Jo9@lugnet.com...
> When I was having the website logo redone right before Kidvention, I had a
> discussion about this with one of LEGO's lawyers. I had the person
> rendering the logo make a brick with 'LDRAW' on the studs in the same style
> text as 'LEGO' is printed on bricks. When she saw a sample of the logo, she
> requested I put 'LEGO' on the studs, or leave them blank.
I remember the discussion about that now from way back then.
> Their reasoning is - if we are representing LEGO bricks, they want them
> represented accurately. So, from this information, I would say it is safe
> to assume they have no problem with it.
Sounds like "MEGA" would right out! :-) (Just out of curiousity, do Mega
Bloks have anything on the studs?)
> So, the LDraw.org logo has LEGO on the studs - just take a look at our vinyl
> banner where the logo is printed out HUGE at 300dpi. :-)
Yep, seen it; it's highly impressive.
> > I have the code working to texture map a logo on top of studs in LDView. • My
> > current logo says "LEGO" in an italic font. I can change this to say
> > something else, but I'd rather not.
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> Neat :-)
Yep, I think so. And--as an added bonus--I got to learn how to use texture
mapping in OpenGL (something I hadn't done before). Next up (hopefully) is
bump mapping ;-).
> > I will be adding a note in the About box stating that the program isn't
> > affiliated with the LEGO Group. Is this sufficient?
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> You might want to add, 'LEGO(R) and the LEGO logo are registered trademarks
> of the LEGO Group, which does not sponsor, endorse, or authorize this
> program.'
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> HTH,
It helps a lot. Thank you. The wording above sounds perfect. I'll
probably add it to my readme.txt file in addition to my About box.
--Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com)
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| "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com> wrote in message news:Gr0vun.CpF@lugnet.com... (...) safe (...) I'm ashamed to say I actually know the answer to this question ;-) But, MB doesn't have printing on the studs. They imprint their logo (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Stud logos in fan apps
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| (...) There's some variance on that. Frequently the MegaBloks logo appears on the body of the brick, such as between the four studs of a 2x2 brick, but some newer molds place the MegaBloks logo between the 4 studs at each of the four corners of a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com> wrote in message news:Gqzvr4.Jo9@lugnet.com... (...) To an extent, I do. When I was having the website logo redone right before Kidvention, I had a discussion about this with one of LEGO's lawyers. I had the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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