On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Ricardo Gladwell wrote: > AFAIK, there is no pre-existing case law that demonstrates that game > mechanics are or are not copyrightable. There have been cases of people > being brought to court for making compatible rules (Palladium I believe > did this) but I think the case was settled out of court. I would also > note that there is a long history in the RPG industry of publishing > games with mechanics that are identical if not the same as Dungeons and > Dragons.
Some searching on the Copyright Office's website showed me this: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.html "Once a game has been made public, nothing in the copyright law prevents others from developing another game based on similar principles." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
