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Re: expansion ports
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:18:35 GMT
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Peter Hesketh wrote:
> Does this mean that Torys'R'Us are breaking the law by selling the
> Mindstorms Set? They are selling lots of things with the connector.
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> How about second hand sales? Are they illegal too?
LEGO makes and sells the product to Torys'RUs. Torys'RUS can sell it to
anybody they want and on and on. This is not what happens if you try to
make a LEGO compatable product. Only LEGO has the right to manufacture
and sell a product that works with their construction set. If you cut the
LEGO connector up and add it to some new thing, the new thing becomes
compatable with the construction set. You can use it yourself all you
want, but I don't think you can sell it.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Reductio ad absurdam: You buy, say, 8880. You lose one of the, say, #12 axles. You replace with 2 #6 and an axle extender. You sell it on (bad move, IMHO, but hey, it could happen :) ). By your reasoning, you now have sold a product, not made (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: expansion ports
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| In article <F52CB7.LIw@lugnet.com>, Michael Gasperi <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) Does this mean that Torys'R'Us are breaking the law by selling the Mindstorms Set? They are selling lots of things with the connector. How about second (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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