more games (plus crack-attack)

[JP LaFleur]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:00:38 -0400 (EDT), JP LaFleur wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:28:08 -0400 (EDT), fedora-lists at rewster.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, I have a spec file just about finished for crack-attack
>>>> (which looks like it's been forked from the old version at
>>>> aluminumangel, http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/crack-attack)
>>>>
>>>> I'll post my specfile (for c-a) later this evening after doing a few last
>>>> embarassment checks.
>>>
>>> crack-attack can't be included as long as it is copies the trademarked
>>> Tetris.
>>
>> FWIW, it's not a clone of Tetris, it's like Tetris-Attack.  Guess you
>> could argue the two are somewhat similar, but it's not the "handle a
>> stream of falling blocks to make horizontal rows" play mechanic.  Or is it
>> a matter of the game using the name "Tetris Attack" in the description or
>> documentation?
>
> First of all, the name Tetris and related names are trademarked. So, using
> that name--or even a confusingly similar name--for comparing the games
> would be a legal problem.

Right, and grepping for "etris" in the source tree results in 5 hits, in
autopackage descriptions, and I think two or three times in the game's
documentation.  Would removing these references be acceptable, or would
searching for the name "Tetris Attack" in the specfile or a patch still
make the package unimportable?  Or would it be required to come from
upstream that way?

> With regard to the game concept, I don't think
> the original Tetris game is patented--one reason why so many clones exist.
> And I don't know about Tetris Attack, the game concept itself is probably
> not protected either.
>
> Btw, crack-attack is included at rpm.livna.org

I know, but that is version 1.10 (from AluminumAngel, the original author, which
was before the nongnu version, which is currently up to 1.13).

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