Re: Packaging cluedome - copyright problems?
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 08:02:44AM +0000, Tristan Greaves 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.
>
> For example: Same layout, and characters such as Mrs White, Professor Plum...
Yeah, those names are probably trademarked as well as the images and
everything else copyrighted, so re-distributing any of that is likely to be
troublesome.
> One option would be to NOT include those two data files in the package, but
> then it would not be a particularly user friendly installation.
Producing unencumbered data files would seem to be the best option.
- Matt
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