LOL now ROBLOX is copying US

[Qwertygiy]

They're working on a terrain generator :lol:

[Jacob__mybb_import1]

In it is a preview of a terrain generator, which sparked controversy on the ROBLOX Forums, saying that ROBLOX copied Minecraft.

EVERYBODY IS COPYING EVERYTHING FROM EVERYONE! MADNESS!

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In it is a preview of a terrain generator, which sparked controversy on the ROBLOX Forums, saying that ROBLOX copied Minecraft.

EVERYBODY IS COPYING EVERYTHING FROM EVERYONE! MADNESS!

It is. It's not copying, officially, if it's not copyrighted.

[Jacob__mybb_import1]

In it is a preview of a terrain generator, which sparked controversy on the ROBLOX Forums, saying that ROBLOX copied Minecraft.

EVERYBODY IS COPYING EVERYTHING FROM EVERYONE! MADNESS!

It is. It's not copying, officially, if it's not copyrighted.

And you can't copyright the idea of a game. You can patent abstract methods and techniques for implementing that idea (but only in the US, since other countries are smart enough to realize that this restricts innovation), but if there is evidence that someone before you invented what you are trying to patent, either the application will be denied or someone can oppose it and get it invalidated.

[hopperkk]

@Above
Really?
I never knew that!
Interesting.

[Hippo]

You say that (title) as if we copied them.

[Qwertygiy]

You say that (title) as if we copied them.

Somehow, hundreds of people got it into their minds that we did.

Which has about as much truth as ROBLOX getting this idea directly from us. :doubt:

At least we can say we did it first

[ILiekMudkipz]

X copies Y which copies Z which copies from XY which copies from XZ

In short, people will always believe SOMEONE is copying SOMETHING from someone.

In my opinion, features like Terrain Generation are concepts meant to be used in various games, say if "copying" was illegal, we wouldnt have all these FPSes because [insert FPS here] has guns.