Armagetron: clarification

[Hans de Goede]

Jon Ciesla wrote:
>> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 09:51 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>>> I know Armagetron is on the will not package list, and I know it's due
>>> to
>>>> trademark issues.  Is there more to that that just the name?  If not,
>>> then
>>>> either we need to package it or drop/modify kdegames, as it has ktron,
>>>> which, AFAICT, meets the same standard.
>>>>
>>> Indeed it does, I think the name for that should be changed or it should
>>> be
>>> dropped.
>>>
>>>> If this has been discussed previously and I missed it, I apologize,
>>> but
>>>> I'm just curious as to what the litmus test is.
>>>>
>>> It hasn't been discussed before, I've added Spot to the CC as he usually
>>> makes
>>> the decisions surrounding legal stuff. Tom, my assessment of the
>>> situation is
>>> that ktron indeed is a problem too.
>>>
>>> While at the subject, I think that renaming Armagetron and removing any
>>> references to Tron from the docs / text printed in the game, should make
>>> Armagetron acceptabl, do you agree? And is anyone willing todo this?
>> Yes. This is the conclusion that Red Hat came to several years ago as
>> well.
>>
>> As long as it isn't using the exact same graphics and sounds, and
>> doesn't use the trademark (or any derivation of the trademark), it's
>> fine.
>>
>> Ktron and Armagetron need to be renamed. Klightcars, for example. I have
>> no suggestion for Armagetron.
> 
> I would be willing, and could likely come up with names. :)
> 

Cool, let me know when you've got something to review. Be sure to kindly inform 
upstream that we will be including a version under a different name. It would 
be good to let them choose if you can come up with several names.

I've filed a bug to get ktron renamed here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248343

Regards,

Hans