From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jan 16 2:50:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83CC637B402 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0GAo3229425; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200101161050.f0GAo3229425@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Trevor Johnson Subject: Re: ports/24374: New port: a display-based tetris game Reply-To: Trevor Johnson Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/24374; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Trevor Johnson To: Cc: Subject: Re: ports/24374: New port: a display-based tetris game Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 05:42:27 -0500 (EST) > # This archive contains: > # > # tetris A search of http://tess.uspto.gov/ shows that "Tetris" is a trademark for a brand of video game. The company that owns the mark is in the habit of threatening people who clone their game (even those who don't use the name "Tetris"). There used to be a port called xtetris, which has vanished in one of the great purges but left a trace in old revisions of ports/LEGAL. It seems to be customary to avoid calling games of this type "Tetris". I suggest following the custom by giving the port a different name. More information is at: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~sli2/tetris/content.html http://pineight.8m.com/tetris.htm http://www.tetris.com/corporate/index.html http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2430/tetris.html -- Trevor Johnson http://jpj.net/~trevor/gpgkey.txt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message