Copyright is Copyright. You can't rip something off and sell it OR give it away for free. Regardless of whether anyone would pursue legal action or not, it's still illegal.
I got threats of legal action from the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) because I was writing a game called "World Snooker", which unknown to me, turned out to be a registered trademark of the WPBSA.
So don't think they won't chase you - there's every chance they might. Its happened to me.
I got threats of legal action from the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) because I was writing a game called "World Snooker", which unknown to me, turned out to be a registered trademark of the WPBSA.
So don't think they won't chase you - there's every chance they might. Its happened to me.