Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:05:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Kenneth Merry <ken@plutotech.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: *tetris* files removed from cvs repository... Message-ID: <199709111605.KAA14865@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <199709111241.FAA21003@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Sep 11, 97 05:41:25 am"
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David Greenman wrote... > >> The solution is to rm -rf the src/games/tetris and ports/games/xtetris > >> directories, cvs will then procede. > > > >Why xtetris even touched? xtetris != tetris in any case. > > Well, if you understood what a trademark was, then you wouldn't be saying > that. That "xtetris" implies or indicates the qualities of the "tetris" game > by using the word in the name is plenty enough for it to be a violation of > the trademark. So who exactly is the tetris trademark holder? And what has prompted them to complain (and threaten legal action) after all this time? The CVS logs indicate that the non-X version (in /usr/games) has been there since the 4.4-Lite merge in 1994. And is this trademark holder going to similarly assault the other million or so tetris games in the world? The very existence of so many tetris games (named tetris, even) seems to indicate that the trademark holder hasn't been very vigilant in protecting their trademark... Just do a web search for 'tetris' and you come up with zillions of games. Is the problem with just having a game named tetris, or with Walnut Creek's selling CDs that contain a game named tetris? Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com
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