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by JTBooth 681 days ago
Reasonable, but the level of copyright protection for games is actually really small! It only actually covers the art and text, not the game mechanics. I don't think I'd support that trade overall but it seems better than the unilateral requirement on game companies.
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> It only actually covers the art and text, not the game mechanics.

Not quite true, there was a famous court case where someone knocked off tetris with different art, and lost the case because the game mechanics were identical. You can make something similar but you can't just clone.

https://www.pcgamer.com/court-declares-tetris-clone-a-breach...