• Rynelan
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    27
    ·
    1 year ago

    So basically he only needs the rights and it’s ready for release? Wonder how hard that’ll be to accomplish

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I suppose that they could release it for free as an open-source project and not brother with all of that

      • Kichae@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        18
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        No, they’d still need IP rights for the characters/world/name. Releasing it for free doesn’t alleviate that issue in any way.

        They could strip it of all of the Simpsons related stuff, but they’d also have to create new levels, since those are owned by the original publisher.

        • whataboutshutup@discuss.online
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          1 year ago

          And if a company wants to fuck with you, it can sue you anyway over minor likeness until it exhaust you from money to attend hearings.

        • Sabata11792@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          1 year ago

          Yep. There would be a line of lawyers at that guys door the next day to ruin his entire life. I’m surprised they haven’t already. Would love to play it but unless there is a “leak” it’s not happening.

          • Rynelan
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            They can’t do anything as long it’s not commercially available. It’s now nothing more than a personal project. Best they can do is DCMA it to stop sharing images/video’s of the project. That’s the Nintendo route at least.

            If he’s lucky, some publisher will see it, will also see the money and tries to get hold of a license to publish and make a deal with this guy.