An oral license is nevertheless a license. In this case, proof of the existence of the license is relatively easy. Axanar's intention is not to make a profit. The line to be crossed is profit: getting industry professionals to donate their time does not make a project a professional one. Jerry Lewis brought in…

Paramount gave a general license to fan film makers: "go ahead as long as you don't make a profit. The problem is that the filmmakers and Paramount have very different ideas of what constitutes "making a profit." All sorts of non-profit foundations pay salaries, so this can't be the test, right? And if we look at…