Re: ITP: tetris -- a clone of the original tetris
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 06:20:43PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote:
> I chose the original for the simple reason that this is what this clone is
> trying to be. Try the game and you'll see. The whole objective was to create
> an "exact clone"
But if someone else does the same thing? Or let's say by some twist of fate
the original is relicensed under a DFSG-free license and shown to work just
fine under wine? Or is ported line-by-line to Linux?
So I agree with Junichi. The name is misleading. It is not tetris, no matter
how faithful it is to the original. It is a clone, and should therefore be
named appropriately.
Yes, other people who have cloned classic games have used the original game
name for their version (see pacman) but that does not make it right.
At the very least, you have a good technical reason to rename it if it is
included in Debian: There is a namespace conflict with "tetris" in bsdgames.
My objection to the name notwithstanding, I'd like to see this tetris clone,
and am happy to see it is being ITP'd.
Ben
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