Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-14 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Patriek Lesparre' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 02:00:28PM CEST > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > >Again, ideas are not copyrightable. They are patentable in some > >countries, which is bad enough. > > You're refe

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-14 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
Hello, This whole discussing thought me to shut up about things I don't know anything about. Hope I didn't offend anyone to bad ;-p Greetings, Joost ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-13 Thread Patriek Lesparre
shevek wrote: A warning on the download page that you are not allowed to download if you are in the US or Japan, and are not allowed to export it to there, could be legally enough to make sure you cannot be sued by their laws. Actually, the recent Microsoft vs. Lindows case disproves this. A Dutch

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-13 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 07:19:35AM +0200, Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > 'Patriek Lesparre' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sat, Jun 12, 2004 > at 07:17:03PM CEST > > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > > >Since when is a game concept copyrighta

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-13 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Joost Yervante Damad wrote: Again, ideas are not copyrightable. They are patentable in some countries, which is bad enough. You're referring to so-called 'software patents'. I don't think they have anything to do with this, and I'm against them fully. Games are very much copyrightable, because th

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Laurens Holst' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:56:54PM CEST > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Dunno, maybe you should ask Jaleco who got their ass kicked in court by > >>Konami, just because they made

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Patriek Lesparre' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 07:17:03PM CEST > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > >Since when is a game concept copyrightable? > > Dunno, maybe you should ask Jaleco who got their ass kicked in court by >

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Laurens Holst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno, maybe you should ask Jaleco who got their ass kicked in court by Konami, just because they made a game involving musical instruments too. ^^; So, you mean that somehow Epic Games payed ID Software for making a Quake "clone" in Unreal? Or Duke Nukem payed for being

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread yakumoklesk
On 12 Jun 2004 at 19:17, Patriek Lesparre wrote: > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > >Since when is a game concept copyrightable? > > Dunno, maybe you should ask Jaleco who got their ass kicked in court by > Konami, just because they made a game involving musical instruments too. ^^; > So, you mea

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Joost Yervante Damad wrote: Since when is a game concept copyrightable? Dunno, maybe you should ask Jaleco who got their ass kicked in court by Konami, just because they made a game involving musical instruments too. ^^; And, television show formats (=concept) are copyrightable too. > And still,

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Sander Zuidema' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 12:34:53PM CEST > Hey MSX fella's, > > > just one of the many cases of a corporation bullying an individual with > > no legal ground... > > It's not

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Patriek Lesparre' wrote about 'Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 02:18:03PM CEST > Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > >just one of the many cases of a corporation bullying an individual with > >no legal ground... > > Hello?! Copyrights are

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Joost Yervante Damad wrote: just one of the many cases of a corporation bullying an individual with no legal ground... Hello?! Copyrights are no legal ground? funny... If they are copyright owners, just a rename of your game should be enough. No, the game uses trademarked characters too. And still,

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-12 Thread Sander Zuidema
Hey MSX fella's, > just one of the many cases of a corporation bullying an individual with > no legal ground... It's not just a corporation bullying an invidual, it's also an individual bullying a corporation. Whether or not on purpose, Robsy's actions always gave me the impression he was trying

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-11 Thread Joost Yervante Damad
'Eduardo Robsy Petrus' wrote about '[MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line' - Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:31:25PM CEST > Hello everybody: > > After receiving some communications from the legally entitled owners from > Japan I have decided to put off-line the GURU LOGIC game that

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-11 Thread Laurens Holst
David Heremans wrote: How convinient for Grauw & Co. :-P Well, they (Grauw & Co.) have permission of the legally entitled owners. *Ahem*, I have to step in a little here... It is not just that we asked permission and Robsy did not so we end up on the lucky side, or something. At least that is how

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-11 Thread David Heremans
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:51:53PM +0400, Adrian Oboroc wrote: > How convinient for Grauw & Co. :-P Well, they (Grauw & Co.) have permission of the legally entitled owners. Although Robsys version is great, and I have greatly enjoyed it, that doesn't change the fact that even a fan versions have t

Re: [MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-11 Thread Adrian Oboroc
How convinient for Grauw & Co. :-P > After receiving some communications from the legally entitled owners from > Japan I have decided to put off-line the GURU LOGIC game that I coded for > MSXdev'03. Please, if you have the file do not redistribute it and delete it > from your media. __

[MSX] GURU LOGIC off-line

2004-06-11 Thread Eduardo Robsy Petrus
Hello everybody: After receiving some communications from the legally entitled owners from Japan I have decided to put off-line the GURU LOGIC game that I coded for MSXdev'03. Please, if you have the file do not redistribute it and delete it from your media. Sorry for any inconvenience and than