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From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Legal action against STrabble game.
Keywords: Scrabble, STrabble
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Date: 27 May 91 02:32:04 GMT
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>                          If the first car company took the second car 
>company to court because "they copied our idea", where would we be?  
>Shameless copying of ideas should not be encouraged, but I don't see any 
>problems with significant enhancements.

STrabble is to the Scrabble board game as a Motorcycle is to a Bus
Sure, you can carry 6 people on a Motorcycle, but it's no fun.

As for the commercial Computer Scrabble programs - my conscience is
clear:  STrabble was written before I even knew of their existence.

Warwick.
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