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I'm not a legal professional but even though the author claims that the "logic and graphics" have been created by scratch, doesn't that make no difference to th
by jamiecurle 14y ago
I'm not a legal professional but even though the author claims that the "logic and graphics" have been created by scratch, doesn't that make no difference to the fact that he's almost (the movement isn't as nice) recreated someone else's stuff verbatim and is claiming that it's now open source?
Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice job and all, but with just a few drops of creative thought the author could be on his way to creating his own ideas instead of imitating others.
- tomjen3 14y agoFreedos is a clone of the old DOS systems -- so much so that it runs the old dos programs you may have lying around. And nobody seems to have a problem with that. So why should this be an issue?
- jamiecurle 14y agoMainly because the author of the Doodle Jump clone stated that because he created "the logic and graphics"from scratch he has the legal right to release it as open source. I can't see any evidence to suggest he has the authority to do that. Also is it possible to compare an OS with a game, isn't that like comparing a human to the Earth? On the one hand we're all made of the basic elements, but on the other we're fundamentally different things.
- hmottestad 14y agoIt's his own work. Of course he has the right to release it as open source. He should however have a nice good old fashioned disclaimer against liability.
- arn 14y agoDon't you think there would be a problem if Freedos renamed itself to "MS-DOS"?