Ruby Trivia Web App — Position Statement

Clean-Room Reimplementation · Internal Context Document

1. This Is an Original Implementation

The Ruby Trivia web app hosted on Eliza Cloud was built from scratch. The trivia questions were written original for this version. The game engine, front-end code, scoring logic, and all visual assets were created new — none were copied, ported, or derived from the ruby-high/ruby-trivia repository. No source code, images, stylesheets, or other assets from that repo were used at any point during development.

2. Game Mechanics Are Not Protectable

A trivia game — asking questions, tracking right and wrong answers, keeping score, showing a leaderboard — is a common, well-known game format. Copyright protects specific original expression (the actual code someone wrote, the particular art assets they created), not general ideas or mechanics. Because no code or assets from the original project were copied, and only the unprotectable concept of "a trivia game" is shared, there is no basis for a copying claim.

3. The Build Was Owner-Directed

This rebuild was initiated and directed within this Discord server by the server operator. The work was carried out as a directed task under that authority, not as an independent or unauthorized fork of someone else's project.

Important: This document is a reasoned position statement written for internal context only. It is not legal advice and does not substitute for the opinion of a licensed attorney. If this dispute escalates or involves real legal exposure, consult an actual lawyer.