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

["Daniel Markstedt" <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

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

On 2005-10-19, at 22.46, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:

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> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14381 >
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> 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
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>> One issue: Civ2 had a "Celtic" nation that Freeciv does not have. I
>> added "Irish" in it's place.
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> 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.
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> But I could be wrong, since I am not a lawyer.
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>

This is not borrowing anything directly from Civ2. It's only a list of 
nations that were playable in that game.

Daniel