can someone tell me if this is legal or not:

http://appleaddiction.net/2008/04/20/zelda-classic-for-os-x/

can someone tell me if this is legal or not:

http://appleaddictio...assic-for-os-x/

Nope.

The unauthorized clone uses all the names, characters, maps, and other IP from the game.

Read: http://www.gamasutra...php?story=26290

The author of that article is a moderator in the Business forum, and is a game lawyer.

woah dude this is cool

This is all sorts of gray area.

Zelda classic is a game engine that produces behaviors like an old game. Zelda Classic uses a game module that someone else produced to play a remake of Zelda for NES.

Zelda Classic is not illegal. The game module used to play the remake of Legend of Zelda for NES is illegal. A lot of the modules used with Zelda Classic are also illegal, since they use LoZ graphics or level design. However, playing Zelda Classic with a module that doesn't have copyrighted graphics or level design is perfectly, 100% legal.

And yes, people have produced new works for Zelda Classic.

Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?

Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?

Trademark, and yes.

Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?

"The Legend of Zelda" would be a trademark violation.

Just "Zelda", no. It's a name, and as long as you aren't using it in a similar fashion as Legend of Zelda.

[size=1]P.S: I'm not a lawyer.