Re: Packaging cluedome - copyright problems?

[Tristan Greaves <tristan@extricate.org>]

MJ Ray wrote:
> Tristan Greaves <tristan@extricate.org> wrote:
> > I'm taking a look at packaging the game Cluedome: http://www.cluedome.com/
> >
> > I'm wondering if there are any copyright concerns.  The game advertises itself
> > as a clone, and the source ships with an example game rules rule and image --
> > which match that of the board came Clue/Cluedo.
>
> Thanks for considering packaging Cluedome.  It appears to be under
> GPL-2+, so on the face of it, there's no copyright concerns.
>
> I had a quick look at the source and didn't spot the game rules rule
> and image - which files are they?  Do they actually match that of
> Cluedo, or could they be clean expressions of the ideas behind it?
> Anyone know whether that's sufficient?

They are the two files in the data/ directory of the source tarball.

One distinctly has the same character names, the other is a representation of the
game board.  This isn't picture-perfect of the commercial Cluedo game, but the
grid, room positions and names are the same...

Thanks for taking the time to look at this!

Kind regards,

Tris.