New Package: tong

[Wart]

Warren Togami wrote:
> Michael Thomas wrote:
> 
>> I've been playing this for a few days after seeing a writeup of it in
>> Linux Journal.
>>
>> %description
>> TONG is the result of mixing Tetris and Pong, capitalizing on the
>> essential qualities of each classic and adding new twists of its own to
>> make an explosive chemical reaction out of it all.
>>
> 
> IANAL, but we had to remove games from RHL and FC in the past because
> they were either the same or "confusingly similar" to trademarks names
> like Tetris, Reversi, Othello or Sokoban.  In this case it only refers
> to "Tetris" and maybe it would be OK if we remove the reference?  I dunno.

It would certainly be easy enough to remove the reference from the spec
file.  I didn't see any references to the names 'Pong' or 'Tetris' in
the game itself, so that should be ok.

> And who knows if "Pong" is still a trademark in computer games.  "Tong"
> might be "confusingly similar".  We may need legal clarification?

Is there a lawyer on the list who can provide guidance?

--Mike