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From: jesup@pawl20.pawl.rpi.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: What is the status of Ogre computer game?
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Date: 24 Jan 88 06:01:36 GMT
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Posted: Sun Jan 24 01:01:36 1988

In article <2110@tekred.TEK.COM> billr@tekred.TEK.COM (Bill Randle) writes:
>Awhile back I posted a version of the game Ogre that had been
>submitted to comp.sources.games.  After doing so I received mail
>saying that Ogre was a copyrighted game (written|distributed) by
>Michael Jackson Games (or similar name; I'll have to dig through
>my old mail).  There was also some discussion on the net that
>it was in fact OK for somewon to derive a computer game from a
>board game without infinging copyright, etc.

	That's Steve Jackson games.  And NO, it is not ok OR legal to 
distribute such a copied game.  There are licensed computer versions of
Ogre (done by Origin Systems).
	I thought this had gone around enough times already.  Steve Jackson,
unlike many copyright holders, really does care and might well prosecute
if it were brought to his attention.  (Some previous versions have been).
Plus, it's unethical.  Whether you can get away with it doesn't matter, it's
wrong.

	If you lived of the royalties from a computer game, and someone made
a board game version, wouldn't you be upset?

	If the game were signifigantly different, and it was not called
Ogre (that's a trademark!), it MIGHT be ok (depends on how different).

P.S.  I would have emailed this, but we have no mail at this site.
     //	Randell Jesup			      Lunge Software Development
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