Hope the SOURCE CODE of TETRIS will help you

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Nov 8, 2001, 7:03:54 AM11/8/01

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In article <3bea23ae_2@dnews>, kakasoft says...

> TETRIS source code is available, about 3000 lines

You may want to rename the game. I have heard of others who have been
sued (or at least threatened to be sued) for using it.
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Alexander Mueller

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Nov 8, 2001, 7:31:44 AM11/8/01

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kakasoft wrote:
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> TETRIS source code is available, about 3000 lines

> You can download the EXE freely, and if you think it is useful for you to
> learn you can pay and get the source code
>
> http://rain.prohosting.com/kakasoft
>
> Tetris source code in VC, C++ Builder, java, Delphi, VB
> We hope it can help you to learn programming

Shall we consider this as SPAM?

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Jon Oliver

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Nov 8, 2001, 11:12:43 AM11/8/01

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"Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)" <rvel...@gmx.de> wrote in message
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I think he would only be liable if someone buys it...

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Nov 8, 2001, 12:33:15 PM11/8/01

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In article <3beaafb7$1_2@dnews>, Jon Oliver says...

> I think he would only be liable if someone buys it...

If I read that well, he sells the source code. But I am not even sure if
someone is not liable if they simply give it away.

I don't know who it was, but one of the (former?) readers of these
groups once had problems with something similar. And he didn't sell it.
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Jon Oliver

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Nov 8, 2001, 12:55:23 PM11/8/01

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It was flip remark to be sure. The test for damage recovery is
being able to prove that damage in a civil court. Even if he's
not selling it, it could undercut the sales of Tetris.

It wasn't very civil of me, however, to suggest his product
would not sell, nor damage the trademark holders.

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Steve Boer

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Nov 8, 2001, 3:46:44 PM11/8/01

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I would. Tetris is one of the easiest games to write. I did it in
college 10 years ago. In way less than 3000 lines too, although it
was a pretty basic version and it was in C.

kakasoft

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Nov 8, 2001, 10:17:58 PM11/8/01

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OH
MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

We found so many tetris-like game named "MyTetris" or so on.
We just want to sell our source code to someone who want to learn
programming.
So we develop the classic tetris game in different languages.
And we hope it is fit for those beginers who want to get some more complex
examples then "hello world". And in fact, it works.

Thanks for you advice.

Aaron Chan

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Nov 9, 2001, 12:32:00 AM11/9/01

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no offence meant but i don't think anyone would actually buy your source
code since there are many versions of Tetris out there with *free* source
code. and anyway, it's easy to write a tetris clone!

aaron

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