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.
CC: (none) => marja11Summary: mageia has not scrabble => scrabble3D, scrabble game with third dimensionSource RPM: (none) => scrabble3dSeverity: normal => enhancement
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
Not in Mdv
Whiteboard: (none) => X
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
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.
(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 => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => WONTFIX