Re: OS/2 ripped of XNeko

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From: Ralph Seguin
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 05:43

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In article <1992Aug6.053454.23059@zip.eecs.umich.edu> gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes:
>
>Hi.  has anybody noticed that OS/2 2.0 games has a "game" called
>"Cat and Mouse".  It is EXACTLY XNeko.  I don't remember what
>XNeko's status was (PD, Copyrighted, GPL, ...), but I'm willing to
>wager real cash that this stuff was lifted.  They could have at least
>given the author credit.
>

Well, after glancing at the man page for XNeko, I noticed two things.
It was lifted from the Mac where it was originally done :), and that
the author's name is Masoyuki Koba.
-Ralph

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