Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!estinc!fishpond!fnf From: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Tetris Clones Message-ID: <103@fishpond.UUCP> Date: 8 May 90 03:30:49 GMT References: <279@estinc.UUCP> <1125@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> <280@estinc.UUCP> Reply-To: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Amiga Library Services Lines: 13 In article tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) writes: >I was under the impression that if something is free (ie, no profit) >then the creator/distributor of the free code cannot be threatened >like this... Not so according to my understanding of copyright law. Actual profit or profit motive has nothing to do with whether or not infringement has taken place and whether or not damages can or will be imposed by the court. -Fred (still waiting for something in writing from Spectrum Holobyte) -- # Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA # 1-602-491-0048 asuvax!mcdphx!fishpond!fnf