[Freeciv] Re: it's like a screenplay

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> "[...]  Copyrights cannot protect an idea -- just
> a particular expression of an idea."
> 
> This guy, in the industry, dealing with patent, trademark, and copyright
> issues in his work, presumably with support of his companies legal
> department states exactly what we've said - game mechanics (rules) can
> be patented but not copyrighted.

Unwarranted inference.  Are the rules and elements of a game an idea,
or a particular expression of an idea?

-- 
Reinier