"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
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> triple_r wrote:
>> I can depict a trademark to refer to the owner,
>
> That means you can use the McDonald's trademark if you're actually talking 
> about McDonald's, but not to imply that someone else is McDonald's.
>
>> but I haven't a clue as to what that means in this context.
>
> In the US? Nothing. You're not trading, hence trademarks are irrelevant.

I'm not an expert in US law, but:
1.  I think McDonald's rights over their trademark and copyright artwork 
extend beyond just others trading against it. I suspect that, like in most 
other countries, they have the right to protect against missuse/corruption 
of their trademark.
2.  In the case of this question - to publish on the POV-Ray Object 
Collection you need to be able to grant rights over the work to others 
according to the terms of the CC-LGPL.

> You're not implying anything about the light, nor that you got it 
> anywhere.  The whole topic is pretty irrelevant.

I think the phrase "I copied a trademark" is 'implying' something :-)

> If you hand-painted the McDonald's logo as a work of art and hung it on 
> your wall, McDonald's wouldn't have anything to say about that either.

If it showed RM in a compromising position, then I suspect they would be in 
court before the paint dried. Even if it was an accurate and uncompromising 
rendition, I don't think you'd have the right to authorise someone else to 
reuse, modify and redistribute it (e.g. to hang it in their restaurant 
window with a sign saying 10% off McNuggets).

Regards,
Chris.

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