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Comment Re:I am the developer, fire away with your questio (Score 1) 84

by X43B on Thursday May 17, 2012 @01:21AM (#40025187) Attached to: Octave and Gnuplot Coming To Android

Thanks! I donated.

Comment Re:I am the developer, fire away with your questio (Score 1) 84

by X43B on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @06:31PM (#40022569) Attached to: Octave and Gnuplot Coming To Android

Thank you for doing this.

Are there any plans to enable access to the sensors on the phone through Ocatave scripts run on the phone?

Treading the Fuzzy Line Between Game Cloning and Theft 235

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 10, 2009 @07:24AM from the welcome-to-the-world-of-policeactioncraft dept.

eldavojohn writes "Ars analyzes some knockoffs and near-knockoffs in the gaming world that led to problems with the original developers. Jenova Chen, creator of Flower and flOw, discusses how he feels about the clones made of his games. Chen reveals his true feelings about the takedown of Aquatica (a flOw knockoff): 'What bothers me the most is that because of my own overreaction, I might have created a lot of inconvenience to the creator of Aquatica and interrupted his game-making. He is clearly talented, and certainly a fan of flOw. I hope he can continue creating video games, but with his own design.' The article also notes the apparent similarities between Zynga's Cafe World and Playfish's Restaurant City (the two most popular Facebook games). Is that cloning or theft? Should clones be welcomed or abhorred?"

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