Bug 2134

Summary: scrabble3D, scrabble game with third dimension
Product: Mageia Reporter: Bernard SIAUD <liste>
Component: New RPM package requestAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal CC: jarillon, marja11
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://scrabble.game-server.cc/wiki/index.php/Scrabble3D:About
Whiteboard: X
Source RPM: scrabble3d CVE:
Status comment:

Description Bernard SIAUD 2011-07-13 07:50:46 CEST
Can we have a scrabble with Mageia ?
There is a free scrabble : http://scrabble.game-server.cc/wiki/index.php/Scrabble3D:About with a Creative Commons, Noncommercial licence.
Marja Van Waes 2011-10-25 18:21:16 CEST

CC: (none) => marja11
Summary: mageia has not scrabble => scrabble3D, scrabble game with third dimension
Source RPM: (none) => scrabble3d
Severity: normal => enhancement

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2011-11-18 08:31:40 CET
Setting version to cauldron, because package requests will usually be done for cauldron first and then be available in next stable release

Version: 1 => Cauldron

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-12 20:38:17 CET
Not in Mdv
Marja Van Waes 2012-02-22 13:20:34 CET

Whiteboard: (none) => X

Comment 3 Pierre Jarillon 2013-07-17 16:51:33 CEST
But exists in OpenSuSE

At least one scrabble game must be included in Mageia.
There are 22 scrabble games listed at 
http://freecode.com/search?q=scrabble&submit=Search

I have tried xscrabble which works well but looks old.
I have also tried Scrabble-3D which seems to be the best:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scrabble/files/

There is also another request: Bug 6203 - Eliot, an open source Scrabble game

I succeeded to run xscrabble and Scrabble-3D with Mageia 1 but both  fail with Mageia 3.

CC: (none) => jarillon

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2013-07-18 09:09:16 CEST
The name "scrabble" can't be used for legal reasons
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325441

We can't have something similar to the original game, either
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/scrabulous-sc-1.html

> Q: What if the creators of Scrabulous were to change the name to âXYZ Gameâ 
> and tweak the board and point system for their application. Would that make
> it legally permissible?
> A: People are always free to create their own original games. But if they copy
> the creative expression of a third party, or they try to mimic the logos or
> trademarks for a famous brand, they will typically be enjoined. Intellectual
> property law protects against copying and unfair competition. But people are
> always allowed to engage in fair competition which would require them to
> create their own original game. 


We have TuxWordSmith, which doesn't seem to have those issues.
Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2013-07-18 10:15:49 CEST
(In reply to Marja van Waes from comment #4)
> The name "scrabble" can't be used for legal reasons
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325441
> 
> We can't have something similar to the original game, either
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/scrabulous-sc-1.html
> 
> > Q: What if the creators of Scrabulous were to change the name to âXYZ Gameâ 
> > and tweak the board and point system for their application. Would that make
> > it legally permissible?
> > A: People are always free to create their own original games. But if they copy
> > the creative expression of a third party, or they try to mimic the logos or
> > trademarks for a famous brand, they will typically be enjoined. Intellectual
> > property law protects against copying and unfair competition. But people are
> > always allowed to engage in fair competition which would require them to
> > create their own original game. 
> 
> 

So we can't have a "real" scrabble game. Closing as wontfix. See https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6203#c3 too

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX