Comment on RTX 40090
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 months agoOften projects like this will have a name that suggests a relationship to a commercial product but officially does not use any trademarks.
Comment on RTX 40090
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 months agoOften projects like this will have a name that suggests a relationship to a commercial product but officially does not use any trademarks.
_cnt0@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
OpenTTD runs on the original assets of Transport Tycoon Deluxe …
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And they, notably, do not distribute them. Or do anything else to infringe on someone else’s intellectual property.
_cnt0@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Omfg, don’t act so dull. OpenTTD is an asset-compatible reimplementation of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. The string “Transport Tycoon Deluxe” is in the source code/resources, it is right on the top of the projects website:
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johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah it’s almost like they’re very intentionally making their project legally distinct by calling it just “OpenTTD” instead of spelling it out. Please don’t call me dull when you are apparently too fucking stupid to grasp this very common practice in fan projects.