Are Tetris clones legal?

November 28, 2005 5:45 PM

Are Tetris clones legal?
posted by Tlogmer to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Wikipedia has some information on the subject.
posted by Gator at 5:49 PM on November 28, 2005

Response by poster: Er. Hoist by my own petard.
posted by Tlogmer at 7:25 PM on November 28, 2005

Response by poster: Though now that I read it, the history on that page is pretty ... historical. There are plenty of tetris clones out there -- do I have to worry about being sued if I make one?
posted by Tlogmer at 7:27 PM on November 28, 2005

Best answer: nobody will sue you, just don't call it "tetris" : )
posted by suni at 7:39 PM on November 28, 2005