Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:40:01 -0800 (PST) From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/5528: new port: xtris (category games) Message-ID: <199801201040.CAA24166@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/5528; it has been noted by GNATS. From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) To: hoek@hwcn.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/5528: new port: xtris (category games) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:36:23 -0800 (PST) * I'm too lazy to pull-out uudecode (shar people! shar! :). The * 3rd word from the left, however, suggests that it does indeed * contain the string "xtris", which is what the person who closed * the pr last time was complaining about. The word that is copyrighted is "Tetris". The message from WC CDROM's legal department was about the use of that word in a directory/file name or description of the port. I don't think they patented the game so if the software itself (I mean source here) makes no reference to the name "Tetris" at all, we may even be able to distribute the distfile/package. But I would not like to push our luck that far. Satoshi
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