rstaff3
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There is nothing unique about SpaceX's one core + two boosters configurations.
They are neither the first, nor the last, to use that arrangement. You no more need to license it from them than they did from Ariane 5, or the others.
You can grab any 3 tubes + nose cones + motor mounts, attach them together (permanently, or with an option to separate), paint it white and let it fly.
Call in FalconHeavy, or rstaff3Heavy, or TramperHeavy, Big Mamma, it will still fly the same.
Your challenge will be not in the naming rights, but in moving the CP below CG, to keep the rocket flying straight and up off the launch rod. Model rockets accomplish that by hanging big fins on the tail end of the tubes.
Commercial rockets, like FH, accomplish the same by vectoring the motor thrust. Do you have the budget for that?
If not, forget about licensing issues, as your final product will, at best, bear a spiritual homage to FH.
You are right that you can easily build the general configuration and if you don't call it by the exact name, you would be fine. All but the most scale purists would probably not care much. If you copy it to the letter for your own personal use there also would be no problems.
Gimballed motors are too much for me. Give me some Lexan and I'm good.