Escape Level : "Handmade 037" by Yoshio Murase

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"Handmade 037" by Yoshio Murase

added 24 Apr 2005 13:37

Solved 9/9

Cooked 0/9

Difficulty 6.77

Style 6.77

Rigidity 6.22

Shortest Solution
By noname

On 18 Aug 2005 17:35

Comments (turn spoilers on)

2174 Handmade 037 Tom 7 (1) Mon 25 Apr 2005 14:33

Well, it would suggest at least that people haven't been sued for it, which is good. I should be able to at least safely have them up on the website, if not as part of the GPL'd Escape.

Unlike trademarks, copyright protection doesn't expire merely from lack of enforcement, even for 25 years. 25 years is also way too short for the copyright to expire on its own--that's something like 100 years, now. (This is assuming that sokoban levels can be copyrighted, which I believe they can.)

I wish the world were such that I didn't have to be a hardass about copyright stuff, but alas, it is. Anyway, part of the point of Escape is to create a game that everyone can play (and copy) without worrying about this kind of thing, so let's do it by making new levels. Thanks!

2172 Handmade 037 nushae (408) Mon 25 Apr 2005 13:19

Well... the existence of numerous shareare and freeware games that include the original levels would suggest so, wouldn't it?

Besides, any company still owning the rights to these levels and trying to excercise them, will have to explain why they haven't done so for well over 25 years now. Under such circumstances it becomes "pretty hard" (that's a legal term, ahem) to make a case...

But as I said, I won't upload anything not by me ;)

2170 Handmade 037 Tom 7 (1) Mon 25 Apr 2005 09:41

I don't believe the original Sokoban levels are in the public domain; are they?

2153 Handmade 037 nushae (408) Sun 24 Apr 2005 16:23

Ok this is the last of the handmade levels by Yoshio murase that i will upload. I just found the comments attached to autogenerated 52 by accident and will use the comment option more now that I know what it does :)

You could say I'm a sokoban purist. Levels I upload will be sokoban style. I would suggest making an extra category for "pure sokoban" levels... Escape did evolve from it after all, so a homage folder wouldn't be too bad.

I was in the process of entering all the original sokoban levels; please let me know if that is also a nono - I do feel they shouldbe part of escape.

2150 Handmade 037 nushae (408) Sun 24 Apr 2005 13:37

'Handmade 037' uploaded by nushae.

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2174	Handmade 037	Tom 7 (1)	Mon 25 Apr 2005 14:33
	Well, it would suggest at least that people haven't been sued for it, which is good. I should be able to at least safely have them up on the website, if not as part of the GPL'd Escape. Unlike trademarks, copyright protection doesn't expire merely from lack of enforcement, even for 25 years. 25 years is also way too short for the copyright to expire on its own--that's something like 100 years, now. (This is assuming that sokoban levels can be copyrighted, which I believe they can.) I wish the world were such that I didn't have to be a hardass about copyright stuff, but alas, it is. Anyway, part of the point of Escape is to create a game that everyone can play (and copy) without worrying about this kind of thing, so let's do it by making new levels. Thanks!

2172	Handmade 037	nushae (408)	Mon 25 Apr 2005 13:19
	Well... the existence of numerous shareare and freeware games that include the original levels would suggest so, wouldn't it? Besides, any company still owning the rights to these levels and trying to excercise them, will have to explain why they haven't done so for well over 25 years now. Under such circumstances it becomes "pretty hard" (that's a legal term, ahem) to make a case... But as I said, I won't upload anything not by me ;)

2170	Handmade 037	Tom 7 (1)	Mon 25 Apr 2005 09:41
	I don't believe the original Sokoban levels are in the public domain; are they?

2153	Handmade 037	nushae (408)	Sun 24 Apr 2005 16:23
	Ok this is the last of the handmade levels by Yoshio murase that i will upload. I just found the comments attached to autogenerated 52 by accident and will use the comment option more now that I know what it does :) You could say I'm a sokoban purist. Levels I upload will be sokoban style. I would suggest making an extra category for "pure sokoban" levels... Escape did evolve from it after all, so a homage folder wouldn't be too bad. I was in the process of entering all the original sokoban levels; please let me know if that is also a nono - I do feel they shouldbe part of escape.

2150	Handmade 037	nushae (408)	Sun 24 Apr 2005 13:37
	'Handmade 037' uploaded by nushae.