Return-Path: Received: from front5.chartermi.net ([24.213.60.107] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3185482 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:55:34 -0400 Received: from [24.231.184.247] (HELO eric) by front5.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with SMTP id 3541207 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:55:34 -0400 Message-ID: <007101c428d6$11018080$0202a8c0@eric> From: "Eric Ruttan" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Performance Props Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:55:34 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Actualy the code is an algotithm like any other. Not protected. And copyright protects profit, not copying. And fair use applies. So a lawsuit might happen, but it would be wrong. Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Performance Props > > The "algorithms" aren't that simple and I don't > want to take the > > time to > > try to put it in a form to upload to this forum. > The program is > > based on > > blade element theory which you can probably find > in many textbooks, > > and > > if you wanted to, you could make your own program > from scratch that > > would do the same thing as this program. If I > uploaded the program > > itself, that would surely be copyright infringement. > > > > Anyway, if you get the book, you also get to read > about all the > > underlying theory. > > > > -- > > Perry Mick > > http://www.ductedfan.com > Oops! My bad. You didn't write new code, you > copied code that was in the book. Yeah, uploading > that WOULD place you at the bad end of a lawsuit. > > The book will be here in a couple days, and then > I'll have one more airplane project that I can work on.