Re: [Rails-devel] Designer/Publisher Permission

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Scott Petersen <sc...@re...> wrote:
> Are there any games that are "off limits" for implementation in Rails due to
> rightsholder issues with distributing the game?  There is a long list of
> games that I would like to see implemented, but don't want to work on
> something that is likely to later get nixed.

None that I'm aware of. I know that the game designers on the yahoo
18xx mailing list are aware of the software, but that doesn't include
everyone who has ever designed an 18xx game. So far, no copyright
holder has objected to the project.

Just be aware that if any copyright holder requests a game's removal,
we will comply with the request.

The only thing that we have decided to avoid is publishing or shipping
any game's rules with our software. This is done to encourage people
to own copies of the games they use the software to play and to avoid
duplication of copyrighted materials. Similarly, all of our software's
art assets are independently created and are not reproductions of any
game's artwork.

So, with that said... please implement away. :-)

---Brett.