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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1422299" data-attributes="member: 812">Snoweel:I think it's polite if somebody comes up with a cool idea, to ASK them if they mind if I start doing something public with that idea. If you want to go ahead and create a "Dinopirates" adventure without checking with JPL, I'm not going to stop you. How would I?But it's POSSIBLE there could be legal ramifications for doing that. If somebody goes out and writes a "Dinopirates" adventure and maybe is less scrupulous than you or I, they might trademark the name and suddenly not only are you and I no longer able to write Dinopirates stuff, neither is JPL. And if said unscrupulous person found out about the idea because of a website I'd put up, I would feel terrible.It's also possible that if JPL decides to try and trademark the name "Dinopirates", the fact that other people have been publishing materials using that name will make it impossible. Which would also make me feel terrible, if I were one of those people.So, in the interest of avoiding having to feel terrible, I'm waiting to hear from JPL that publishing material using the name "Dinopirates of Ninja Island" is okay. If you aren't worried about that, then pay no attention to me. My sole concern is to not feel terrible, NOT to tell anyone else what to do. You do as you see fit.I'll say it again since I feel like I've been misunderstood: I don't want to get involved in anything more formal than what this thread has already become without hearing from JPL that it's okay. I can't email or private message JPL since they don't have their membership configured for said communications, so I'm posting here, hoping that JPL will see and give a "Yay" or "Nay" to the idea.That's it. That's all. Sorry if I offended or came across all lecture-y. Not my intent.</blockquote>

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