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I am blatantly not a lawyer but from my understanding you can not patent rules to a game. So the clever thing to do would be implementing a "word game engine" w

I am blatantly not a lawyer but from my understanding you can not patent rules to a game. So the clever thing to do would be implementing a "word game engine" which allows users to upload their rules to it and share those rules, if they happen to be scrabble-esque..? Are you responsible for all user content in that situation? (serious question)

snprbob86 18y ago
It's sort of a big legal crazy gray area full of pitfalls and madness. I am far from a laywer, but it appears that if you intentionally turn a blind eye towards the user generated content UNTIL there is a complaint, ract with an immediate and complete takedown, then it seems OK. Maybe? Who knows?
rms 18y ago
The makers of Scrabulous did exactly this.