Hi Josh, Honestly allot of it comes down to how the end user license agreement, (ula,) is written. I've seen some on one extreme that states clearly go ahead and do what you want to the other extreme which says any use of characters, sounds, graphics, for free or commercial use is absolutely out of the question. Then, there are license agreements less strict and more strict than others. The only way you really know where you stand is check the ula first. One clear time where open source software was challenged by a commercial company happend a couple of years ago. Back then the makers of the big name Linux distrubutions Red Hat, Suse, etc were trying to really advertise the Linux os. They use to have great screen shots of the KDE operating gui environment announced X-Windows everywhere, and tried to get off by saying this was like Windows without stepping on Microsoft's toes. Well, they did anyway. Microsoft took Red Hat or one of the manufacturers to court over their graphical user interface and claming Linux was attempting to copy the MS Windows operating environment. As I recall the way it ended was Linux would not use the term Windows in any of there apps but would reference their Windows-like desktops, (Gnome and KDE,) as a graphical user interface or desktop operating environment. Since Gnome and KDE are visually different from Windows Linux got off from being out right accused of copying Windows, but their attempts to leverage the Windows concept to go in their favor back-fired and landed them in court defending there GUI. The point being is that Linux is and has always been a Unix-like based operating system, built and maintained by the open source community, totally free, and the minute they begin trying to begin looking and acting a bit like the more popular OS Microsoft was right there to try and stop it. Now, I don't think you and I will be facing the same kind of issues, but if the major companies did find out you or I were copying their games to make free blind games we could be served with a court order to sease and desist production, distribution, or face some kind of fine.
Josh wrote: > but only blind people would be playing the games. And if you don't make > money off it and give the original developers credit in the accessible games > how could it still be copyright infringement? > > Josh > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
