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by PetitPrince 4912 days ago
The Tetris Company has an aggressive stance towards protecting their trademark. You don't dare publish anything that remotely sounds like Tetris (anything ending in -tris, in fact [1]). Games that bear the name Tetris must adhere to stringent gameplay guidelines too [2].

[1] http://gaygamer.net/2008/08/tris_tetris_clone_for_iphone_b.h...

[2] http://www.tetrisconcept.net/wiki/Tetris_Guideline