[Bug 452387] Review Request: netris - A console-based, networked clone of Tetris

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Summary: Review Request: netris - A console-based, networked clone of Tetris


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452387





------- Additional Comments From tcallawa at redhat.com  2008-07-01 11:45 EST -------
The clone is not the problem, the trademark is. The name of the game cannot use
the registered "Tetris" trademark, or anything similar to it. "Netris" is far
too similar to "Tetris", as would be "T*tris" or anything which rhymes with
"Tetris".

As is, this package is not acceptable for Fedora, however you can make it
acceptable by renaming the game so that it does not violate the trademark, and
minimizing the use of the "Tetris" mark to nominative use (basically, you can
say that "$FOO is a puzzle game similar to Tetris (tm)"). You cannot call it a
"Tetris clone".

You could rename the game to something like NetFallingBlocks, NetBlockPuzzle, or
anything else really, as long as it doesn't infringe upon the "Tetris" mark. You
would need to be sure that the rename occurs in all user visible places
(anything a user might be able to see while playing the game). You would not
need to rename internal functions or the actual binary executable. The RPM name
would need to change.

If you have questions, please let me know.



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