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From: 2fmlcalls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Some Copyrighted Games...
Message-ID: <1991Apr6.134522.29504@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 91 13:45:22 CST
References: <1341@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <1341@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:
>   The question :
> 
>   Risk, Monoply, others I'm sure.  These are real board games, yet there are
> Mac version floating around in various *ware versions, I should know, since I
> have Risk (But who doesn't?). Why hasn't Parker Brothers and the other companies
> that have "stolen" games done something about this?

Not to mention Glypha :)

>   The reason for asking :
> 
>   I'm going to write a Mac version of a real world game, and I'm wondering what
> in the dickens I will do with it.  I know others will want it, and it will be
> a quality game.

Personally I have never been contacted by anyone regarding Glypha.  I have no
idea why not.  But let me make some suggestions.
1) I drastically altered the graphics of the game making no attempt to copy the
art of the orgiginal game.
2) I chose the name Glypha and don't mention that other game anywhere in the
game, docs, posts :), etc.
3) I've been told that worst-case-scenario the company can only tell me to
remove it from where I u/l-ed it (one place) and stop supporting it.
4) There is no competing Mac version (i.e. the company in question has neither
exercised their rights to the game nor licensed the rights to another company).

>   Thanks.
> 
> |      J. Taggart Gorman Jr.     | "I'm a no rust build up man myself."
> |                                |          -Christian Slater
> | jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu |             in 'Heathers'

Personally I would never have done Monopoly and called it Monopoly.  Nor would
I have done a game similar to Tetris no matter what the name (since you would
be directly competing with Tetris).  Maybe you can take some of these
precautions and sleep a little easier.

john calhoun