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Description
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
"OpenTTD is not an abbreviation of anything"
Lol.. Yeah right.
If they're that scared of legal action then I'm going to download this from gog rather than just add it to my library.
It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe (first paragraph)
Ok? Not sure what you're trying to say but;
I knew what the TTD stands for.
You can rebuild a game from scratch and improve it but that doesnt mean it's legal due to intellectual property (I'm not a lawyer though)
OpenTTD has been around for years, if it hasn't been taken down by now I really doubt they care.
EDIT: OpenRCT2 also exists and hasn't been taken down
re: intellectual property, if the people who developed Open TTD simply copied the code from the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe then that would infringe the copyright of the original game.
However, if they've simply created a similar, near identical game, from their own original code, then that's considered they're own original work and it's legit. It's like reverse engineering an invention.
They probably could've been a bit more inventive with the acronym tho.
@huggsymersh: Apparently the creator stated that the whole project was about reverse-engineering the original code and recreating it in a more modern language. Given it's a DOS game that's not sold any more, by a publisher who barely exists, and the guy isn't making money off sales, the original game designers may just be happy that their work lives on.
As a general rule, copyright protects the actual form while patent protects the "function". Also, patent protection is absolutely exclusive while patent law is not.
It is easier to circumvent copyright legally than work around a patent.
Example: You and I could both write a model with the same story line, protagonists etc. and if we write those independently of each other we both have copyright in our work, even if very similar (or theoretically totally identical). Also, I could market my work and you could not stop me and vice versa.
With patent that is different. If our work was patent eligible, even if we developed it independently of each other, if I have the patent on the invention then I can exclude you from using your own work commercially.
There are of course more differences and subtleties but setting this out here would be too time-consuming. Plus normally I get paid for this - don't want all my clients come to Ozbargain for free info instead of paying me. ;-)
It's a shame this is in the forums now. Would do more good as a deal
It would, but it isn't a deal. An already free (and open-source) game is now (assuming it wasn't already?) available on GOG and Steam.
OpenTTD is an open-source game. Meaning it's free to download and play always.
I had a Demo of this that could only do trains back in the 90s. Man it was a fun game so this will be awesome.
Steam link https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536610/OpenTTD/