Hi, Mike Swanson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Steve Cotton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO, even if the Darkstalkers character is the reason that a > > Chinese vampire is included in Open Arena; the similarity is > > largely because of the monster genre, rather than a copy from > > Darkstalkers. > > Similarity? They're nearly exactly the same in OpenArena and > Darkstalkers. That's not just a vague monster design...
I don't think so. The head does look similar, but other than that they look quite different to me (different clothing, the one in OpenArena has no "claws"). It might be inspired by the Darkstalker's character, but IMO it is *not* a simple copy, ans so does not violate copyright. Regards, Ansgar -- PGP: 1024D/595FAD19 739E 2D09 0969 BEA9 9797 B055 DDB0 2FF7 595F AD19 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]