Should the `rogue' be renamed `thief'?

[Buttmonkey]

3rd Eye wrote:
I doubt it was a copyright issue. I think it's more likely to have been a perceived morality issue Concerned Citizens might wet their diapers over a clearly criminal title like "Thief," while "Rogue" sounds dashing and romantic.

But assassin is okay?!

[Jyrdan Fairblade]

I think that the real issue is whether Rouge is more obnoxious than Theif.

[gideon_thorne]

JRR wrote:
Could you elaborate? I don't believe you can copyright the word "thief." It would be like copyrighting lawyer or librarian or shoplifter.

While you can't copyright certain terms, you can trademark and or product identity the look (layout et al) of a game as a whole. Since, honestly, it really ought not to matter what a given class is called, and rogue having such a wide meaning, better to be safe than sorry.

Arguments can be put forth for the whole business, but why take the risk over such a small matter?
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