Bug#501508: openarena-data: openarena contains materials from non-free sources

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

Mike Swanson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Steve Cotton
> <steve0001 at s.cotton.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> > IMO, even if the Darkstalkers character is the reason that a
> > Chinese vampire is included in Open Arena; the similarity is
> > largely because of the monster genre, rather than a copy from
> > Darkstalkers.
> 
> Similarity? They're nearly exactly the same in OpenArena and
> Darkstalkers.  That's not just a vague monster design...

I don't think so.  The head does look similar, but other than that they
look quite different to me (different clothing, the one in OpenArena has
no "claws").

It might be inspired by the Darkstalker's character, but IMO it is *not*
a simple copy, ans so does not violate copyright.

Regards,
Ansgar

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