[Freeciv-Dev] Re: isometric tileset screenshots

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Michael H. Price II wrote:
> 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.

Well; it is civ 2 after all. The text is painted on afterwards, so of
course it is the same. If we used the tiles in freeciv we would just use
our own font.

> 
> > 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

-Thue