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| Legal issues: Releasing freeware game on another platform |
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bamccaig
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July 2006
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I can't stand to read threads on other forum software. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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AMCerasoli
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May 2010
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bamccaig said: I can't stand to read threads on other forum software. I already use Linux........
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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AMCERASOLI said: I already use Linux........ Linux is an operating system kernel, not forum software.................................. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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imaxcs said: Maybe somebody with a little legal background can help me here: what's the worst I have to expect? Cease and desist? Or worse? It really wasn't my plan to rip off someone... If you made the game, as long as you didn't directly copy any of it, it doesn't really matter. If you did, in fact, copy the graphics. Replace them immediately. Alternatively, it costs money to sue someone. So you have to be worth it first (making significant money off of it) before it's worth the financial risk of suing you. Large businesses (as opposed to individuals) tend to sue people who copy their data because they have to. Because under US law (AFAIK) if you do not defend your intellectual property, you lose the rights to it. -----sig: |
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AMCerasoli
Member #11,955
May 2010
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bamccaig said: inux is an operating system kernel, not forum software.. Damn you got me!!.. Well actually I don't use Linux, I don't even know what linux is... well, now I know. I hope they are not trying to compete with Microsoft... Look what is happening with Macintosh... it's SMASHED SMASHED SMASHED!! all over the time, I can't imagine what it would do to Linux... Hahahahah Microsoft FOREVER!!!
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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Chris Katko said: If you did, in fact, copy the graphics. Replace them immediately.
Please revise these sentence fragments with something that isn't blatantly wrong. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Wrote. Quickly before; Heading out: door- -----sig: |
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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AMCERASOLI said: Look what is happening with Macintosh... it's SMASHED SMASHED SMASHED!! all over the time
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imaxcs
Member #4,036
November 2003
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Just to make it clear: I did change the graphics and made them myself from scratch this time. And I also have new game play elements the original doesn't have like moving platforms, conveyor belts, boss monsters, ... But yes, the issue with ripped graphics and whole games seems to be a hot topic on the (kinda new) mobile games market. The Apple store at least has a mechanism to keep the imposters out (review process). The Android Market lacks that and is hence filled with ripped graphics and whole games that just feast on popular franchises (like Super Mario). Personally, it feels good to be on the good side again!
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Either way, it more or less shows you the other side of the story. 
I award you no points. May God have mercy on your soul. 
