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Chrono Ressurrection Forced to Cease & Desist

Posted by timothy on from the shame dept.

Kethinov writes "The Chrono Ressurrection Project (previously mentioned on /. here), an attempted 3d remake of the popular 2d game Chrono Trigger, has been shut down by Squenix in the form of a cease and desist letter. Quoth their website, "it is with our deepest regrets in that we have to announce the closure of the Chrono Resurrection project. Square Enix Co., Ltd recently issued a Cease and Desist letter which will mean the project is closed indefinitely." The site retains two trailers and a number of screenshots."

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  1. Just saw the trailer. by tod_miller · · Score: 3, Informative

    Awesome * pi ^ tan(90)

    Great work on this, I think it was a closed source endeavour?

    The engine is his XUEngine, with the following tools.

    - XuStudio (World Editor, Character Editor, Particle Editor, Cinema Editor)
    - XuExporter
    - XuViewer
    - XuConverter

    I'd love to have a go with these tools, the work is good quality.

    *cough*open source*cough* think about dual licensing, open source GPL and a commercial license.

    I am not sure how those work in though, IANAL.

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  2. Re:Really, is anyone surprised by this? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, but did they even ask?

    Here's two scenarios:

    1) You have a few buddies and you want to make a rename of Chrono Trigger for PC. You send a politely-worded request to the legal department at Square-Enix asking about the legal status of the game and for permission to re-use some of its assets in a way that is harmless to future Square-Enix games. The lawyer at the company reads this politely-worded email.

    2) You have a few buddies and you go ahead and start making a clone of Chrono Trigger without asking permission from anyone. You steal all the art, music, and sound effects assets. You create trailers for your clone and promote it all over the Internet. The lawyer at the company, tipped off by someone, sees this all happening.

    Which situation do you think would make Square-Enix happier? If these guys didn't ask permission, then it's GOOD they were shut down because they're idiots anyway. On the other hand, if they did ask permission, were granted it, and now Square-Enix is pulling a 180, then the company certainly has its head way up its ass.

    So, in summary, I need more information to judge for sure. I'd wager these guys never asked permission in the first place.

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