[Mazzlefizz]

Originally Posted by Raegormar A lot of patching has to do with rewriting code. . The devs here are infusing the mazzle code with new blood, and new organs. That code isn't mazzle anymore. Shape it into a new body, and let it go. The artwork is from 3rd parties as well. Some of the devs have indeed rewritten large portions. Learn from the core, use it to create. Then release.

No offense, but that's nonsense. You cannot re-write copied code until it becomes original code. You can rewrite any "organ" you want, infuse blood, amputate an ear, make it take a leak, whatever, but it would still be derivative code that violates the copyright. In certain commercial cases, they actually developed a four tier test that looked at the code at multiple levels of abstraction specifically to look for cases where people tried to do what you describe.

If you want your own thing, then just start from scratch and do your own thing. But don't buy into this organ replacement nonsense. That approach is nothing more than plagiarism.