[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14381) Data: nations.ruleset for Civ2

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasco.costa@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14381 >

On 10/19/05, Daniel Markstedt <himasaram@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14381 >
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> The Civ1 ruleset has a nations list based on the available nations in
> Civilization 1. Here's a nations.ruleset for Civ2 ruleset, based on the
> nations available in Civilization 2 (Test of Time). Source:
> http://apolyton.net/civ2/news/totrules.shtml
>
> One issue: Civ2 had a "Celtic" nation that Freeciv does not have. I
> added "Irish" in it's place.

Better not to use any text strings from Civilization 2. Game rules are one
thing, coverable by patent (?) which does not seem to exist, text is
copyrighteable.

But I could be wrong, since I am not a lawyer.