[DGD] Trademark/copyright concern

[Noah Gibbs]

  That's probably okay, as long as you don't ship with a lot of objects with
nil descriptions.  From a UI perspective, you should also make it clear that
the object is un-described so that the implementors using your mudlib don't
have to figure out why the heck there are so many random Frobozz-branded
objects when they didn't put in any at all.

  Though it's probably already clear, I'll mention:  IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer).

--- Shentino <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:

> The "frobozz" part is a default description autosent for any "looks"
> to objects with nil ldesc
> 
> On 4/19/07, Noah Gibbs <noah_gibbs at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  The phrases you use here are short enough that it's quite reasonable to
> > assume fair use, though you might want to be polite and put somewhere
> (online
> > help?) some kind of nod to InfoCom for rocking :-)
> >
> >  If you were going to excerpt something longer, it would become a gray
> area,
> > and depend on things like whether you were charging money or otherwise
> behaving
> > in a commercial way.
> >
> >  Also, it would depend if you do it a few times, which is probably fine, or
> > all over.  The basic guideline is that you're allowed to refer to such
> things,
> > but you can't make them a significant part of your work or it becomes a
> > derivative work, and thus violates their copyright.
> >
> > --- Shentino <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know of any trademarks/copyrights affecting the following
> > > bits of text?
> > >
> > > Frobozz Magic Co. (zork)
> > > You are in a maze of little twisty passages (zork)
> > > Yendor (nethack)
> > >
> > > If so, what must I do to use them, if that's possible?
> > >
> > > Maybe I'm being a little paranoid, but I'd really hate it if my shiny
> > > new mud ran afoul of the law.
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