Looks like legal "teramino" clones out there. Take a gander at this excert http://everything2.com/title/The%2520Tetris%2520Company.
~clark On Apr 13, 2:51 pm, Ikon <ayanafr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dude. Copyright does not cover ideas. The end. Piracy is defined by > what IP rights are. There is notetrispatent claim (which would cover > an idea that is tangible enough). There is atetriscopyright claim. > However, the copyright claim applies to look and feel, and a fact > finding of just how close the "written source code" of atetrisclone > is toTetrisCompany's source code. > How can you "pirate" something unless you have actually stolen > someone's IP? > > On Apr 13, 4:16 pm, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I find it disheartening that this discussion is even taking place. Is > > this really the level of understanding of intellectual property rights > > among the community? > > > Let's say you're Electronic Arts withTetrisand Monopoly ready for > > the Android platform, as they claimed was imminent way back in > > OCTOBER. Are you going to release your games in a Wild West free-for- > > all where anyone can "clone" your game and sell it? Not a chance. That > > isn't the way the real world works, whether it fits with the > > "everything should be free" philosophy or not. It's piracy, whether we > > want to say the word or not. > > > It seems so simple: Come up with your own ideas, or at least if you're > > going to copy something, make sure it's in the public domain first.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
