Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!bingvaxu!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!consp11 From: consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: M.U.L.E. -- How to get it for the Amiga. Message-ID: <4148@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Date: 3 Oct 90 17:16:07 GMT References: <25811.2703c48d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <20875@well.sf.ca.us> Sender: usenet@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Reply-To: consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) Organization: SUNY Binghamton Lines: 35 In article , lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) writes: |>FACTS: |>1. No programmer out there is stupid enough to write in assembly on the |>Amiga when C is available or "Benchmark Modula-2" (used in Jimbo Barber's |>excellent $5 Shareware Star Trek II game) or something better. |> |>Now: |>I want rebuttals posted here!!!!!!!! |>Take apart this post LINE BY LINE!!! Well, I'll take apart the part that I know about. The part I'm referring to is the "fact" above, which is going to be construed by some as a rather obnoxious insult. Why is writing in assembly "stupid?" Because you don't like assembly? Because it's too hard to learn? Because you can't figure it out? There are plenty of us out here who LIKE programming in assembly, mainly because it creates faster, smaller, more efficient code. |>I dare all of you to come up with EXACT quotes from U.S. copyright law |>that would contradict ANY of the above facts. Asking for direct quotes is a bit unfair. You do, however, happen to be correct in your assumption that the idea can't be copyrighted, nor can a C port of the game to another platform be accused of plagarizing the original assembly code. But if the games are similar enough, lawsuits are going to come around anyway. Just ask Fred Fish. I have Tetrix, which other than falling blocks from the sky, was nothing like Tetris(tm). See if you can find Tetris in the PD now. +------///-+------------------| BRETT KESSLER |------------------+-\\\------+ | /// | consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | \\\ | | \\\/// | consp11@bingvaxa.BITNET | \\\/// | | \XX/ | (PeopleLink) B.KESSLER | \XX/ | +----------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------+