Re: Gnometris copyright/trademarks

[Andreas Røsdal <andrearo pvv ntnu no>]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> > IMO, RedHat is just using these reasons to remove a rather unsightly
> > game from their GNOME distribution. We should make Gnometris prettier
> > and more exciting. Then they'll put it back in.

Yes, Gnometris would need to be made more pretty, for example the is a 
bugreport called "Ugly looking brick graphics":
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300503


> > > - What can be done to circumvent these problems, by making gnometris a
> > > more unique game, rather than yet another "tetris clone"?
>
> There have been so many variations on the game it would be tough finding a
> unique feature but it might be prudent (but a lot less fun) to avoid some
> of the features from the games like the original Tetris and Tetris Worlds
> variations.
>
> > "Tetris" is the trademark we are ostensibly violating. Though I don't think
> > it's required, all we really can do is to rename Gnometris to something else.
>
> I do love tetris, a whole lot, but if gnometris is on the bubble and my
> recollection of harsh comments on the maintainability of the code is
> correct then maybe this discussion isn't worth having?

It's too late to replace gnometris during the current 
2.17.x development cycle, the feature freeze begins in January.
Finding a good substitute could be something to consider during the 
next development cycle.

> How close was Gnometris to being on the list for removal?

Gnometris ended up as the third most popular game:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-games/survey.html

 - Andreas