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Subject: [Freeciv] Re: it's like a screenplay
From: Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:13:35 +0200

> "[...]  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



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