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Re: RCX & RIS, a fading glory? - Advanced alternatives: JCX, Embedlets
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Feb 2003 01:03:33 GMT
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Bruce Boyes <bboyes@!antispam!systronix.com>
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At 05:19 AM 2/3/2003 -0500, PeterBalch wrote:
> Bruce
>
> > > Did you have to get Lego's permission to do that?
> > I don't know why we would need anyone's permission to purchase their
> > product and use it. You're welcome to buy any publicly available
> > commercial parts and combine them into a product for sale (after all
> > that's why the suppliers sell them). This is the basis of most
> > manufacturing businesses.
>
> Some manufacturers produce goods for that purpose. Other's don't. In the
> past, Lego have been extremely jealous of their name and their products and
> have refused to allow companies to "associate" their product with Lego in
> the way you are suggesting. Now that certain of Lego's patents have run
> out, their attitude may have softened.
No one has complained and we're using their parts just like we use anyone
else's so I guess we'll see.
Bruce
> Peter
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