[freeroleplay] Re: Game mechanics copyright status on debian-legal
- From: Samuel Penn <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:54:59 +0100
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:26, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> It might of use to summarise some of the information here and draft a
> "fact sheet" stating the reasons we feel game mechanics are
> non-copyrightable. Thoughts?
I have a sneaky suspicion that the law is pretty much irrelevant in
this regard. If a big gaming company wants to sue you for breach of
copyright, then they will. If you can't afford to go to court, then
you loose and the law doesn't even come into it.
Or am I being too cynical?
FWIW though, I do believe that actual mechanics cannot be copyrighted.
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