Re: Empire

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From: sean
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1987 06:37

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In article <1401@dataio.Data-IO.COM> bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright) writes:
>In article <32110@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>You cannot 'port' it and make it
>>PD legally. All you can do is re-write it and make the version *you* 
>>created PD.
>
>Be careful to rewrite it from scratch, also don't use the name Empire.

Maybe one can't use the name Empire for a game that looks like Walter
Bright empire, but what about using Empire for a game that looks like
Langston's Empire?  Which program is older?

Sean

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Subject: Re: Empire
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