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Being that Behavior is a game development company, is it feasible that they used in-house libraries for developing common game functions, such as animation, tha

Being that Behavior is a game development company, is it feasible that they used in-house libraries for developing common game functions, such as animation, that could explain some of the similarities? And if that's the case, and Behavior had ownership of the libraries prior to their contract with Bethesda, does usage of these libraries in Fallout Shelter therefore transfer ownership to Bethesda?

rasz 8y ago
This is a constant concern with developers in embedded space (microcontrollers), afaik current consensus is rewrite everything when you sign exclusive contract, unless you put library reuse explicitly in writing.
codeprimate 8y ago
Not a lawyer.... If any in-house libraries were used this becomes a problem if changes or updates to those libraries were written during development of Fallout Shelter. Any subsequent versions of those libraries would become tainted and verboten from use in other products. Even any fixes to those libraries after initial distribution to correct bugs in the game could reasonably be argued to fall under the contract. In practice exclusivity restrictions demand a from-scratch product. Developers are cheaper than lawyers.