On 01/05/07, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 08:28:17AM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote: > > should be removed, not just the name 'tetris'. What is the legal status > > of tetris (and other game) clones? Can we get some "official" word from > > a legal department on what is and isn't allowed? > > As long as the game doesn't use the "Tetris" trademark to describe > itself, the game is fine. Tetris is one to be very careful about as the Tetris company have a reputation for causing legal trouble.
A long discussion on precisely this issue can be found (without any real resolution) here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225726 [I just checked the emacs-devel mailing list archives, and as far as I can tell, noone has brought the whole matter to the attention of upstream.] Jonathan,. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
