On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:46:49AM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:24:53 -0500 Gianfranco Berardi > <linuxmail@gbgames.com> wrote: > > > I agree. Debian and Linux in general sorely needs a decent Pacman game > > Yea... but can we do so without infringing on some copyright? *sigh* Having followed with interest the battle of Larry Lessig vs the copyright monsters (otherwise known as Eldred vs. Ashcroft -- see http://eldred.cc), it saddens me that this would be the first question asked at the start of what sounds like it could be an exciting, cool project. Basically, you can't copyright an idea, only the expression of an idea. So, any copyright on Pacman only applies to *that* game. It does not cover all games that feature some creature running around a maze eating up other creatures. Sadly, copyright holders in this day and age would love the general public to believe otherwise; and they're succeeding, if the comment above is any indication. James -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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