Timeline for Is it legal to develop a game using D&D rules?
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| S Feb 10, 2018 at 21:25 | history | suggested | James Skemp | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 16, 2011 at 0:32 | comment | added | Trevor Powell | Rule sets are not "just math". Rule sets may make use of math from time to time, but they do not consist solely of math. They absolutely, absolutely can be and are copyrighted, the same way that video games can be and are copyrighted, even though they make use of math. | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 7:50 | comment | added | Martin Sojka | In most of the world, rule sets (which are just math, after all) can't be copyrighted nor trademarked (though in some cases they can be patented, but I've yet to see one patent on role-playing game rules ...). What stops you from implementing a direct copy of the rules then, exactly, except fear of litigation? | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 6:08 | history | answered | Jeremy Giberson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |