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Subject: [Freeciv] Re: copyright infringement
From: "Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:29:30 -0700

> > people's stuff and quit being so cheap that you can't cough up $10..$20 for
the
> > legitimate work of other game developers.  Sheesh, I bought Civ II: TOT for
$20
> > at full retail!  If you're going to flatter by imitation, you should at
least
> > have the integrity to diverge.  *Improve* the Civ genre, don't sit around
just
> > cloning.
>
> Please explain where I can buy a multiplayer version of Civ2 that runs on
> Linux.

So the world owes you cross-platform compatibility?  This is a justification for
ripping off a developer's intellectual property?  Just make your own damn Linux
game.  Make it 50% different from Civ or something.


Cheers,             Infernal Troublemaker                    Troll
Mallor              "By simple mistake, mortals themselves amuse."





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