If you go here, you will be able to download this Laser
Tank program :
It have nothing in common with our Lasertank
game.
Alos, here's some old messages about copyright of
Lasertank
Jim,
I was just wondering what the copyright status on lasertank was, have you copyrighted the name "Lasertank" or the program at all?
I was just wondering what the copyright status on lasertank was, have you copyrighted the name "Lasertank" or the program at all?
Ben
Lasertank is freeware, it is
not copyrighted.
But I will be real mad if someone else makes any money from my game.
Since I have never made any cash from it.
Jim Kindley
But I will be real mad if someone else makes any money from my game.
Since I have never made any cash from it.
Jim Kindley
There
appears to be a confusion here between patents and
copyrights.
The fact that you have generously offered LaserTank as freeware does not
mean you have renounced your copyright. You automatically get that just by
publishing (always assuming you haven't plagiarised the thing in the first
instance.
So, fret not. If some bar steward wants to rip your program off then you
can do them for nicking your copyright.
Patents are a different matter. You have to apply for them. They
wouldn't apply to LaserTank.
The fact that you have generously offered LaserTank as freeware does not
mean you have renounced your copyright. You automatically get that just by
publishing (always assuming you haven't plagiarised the thing in the first
instance.
So, fret not. If some bar steward wants to rip your program off then you
can do them for nicking your copyright.
Patents are a different matter. You have to apply for them. They
wouldn't apply to LaserTank.
Andy