Timeline for Am I allowed to make my Minecraft clone open source?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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| Jan 12, 2012 at 7:30 | history | edited | Bobby | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 4 characters in body |
| Jan 12, 2012 at 7:28 | comment | added | Bobby | @Blecki: Well, maybe clone was the wrong term. Of course you shouldn't redraw it pixel by pixel...but that's a rather blurry line. | |
| Jan 12, 2012 at 4:28 | comment | added | Blecki | I am not a lawyer, but duplicating a resource exactly by drawing every pixel from scratch is no different from copying the bits on disc, as far as copyright is concerned. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 21:03 | comment | added | Bobby | @DJClayworth: That's depending on the interpretation of the judge which rules over the case, I fear. There have been disputes in the past, f.e. Microsoft vs Lindows and Bethesda vs Mojang. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 17:41 | comment | added | DJClayworth | The name is technically a trademark, not copyright. But in either case you can't use it, or anything that might be confused with it (probably like Mine-craft, though I am not a lawyer and that does not constitute legal advice). | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 16:17 | comment | added | Martijn Courteaux | Thanks for the answer. Two people telling the same, that sounds okay. I upvoted, but since the other answer came earlier I accepted that one. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 16:10 | history | answered | Bobby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |