[Freeciv-Dev] Re: isometric tileset screenshots

["Michael H. Price II" <price@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 03:21:17PM +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> They look very much like Civ II, even the text; so much so that I started
> to wonder if they don't infringe on copyrights ...

You can't copyright the layout of a game board. You can trademark it.
The Monopoly game board is an example. If you could copyright
appearance then no one would be able to use windows, menu bars, fonts,
etc in any program.

> More votes for having an optional isometric system ... it looks like this
> is one of the top items on the wishlist.

I would vote for it as long as it was optional. Personally, I won't
use it. I like the trident tileset.

Michael