The author of Setris was obliged [0] to change its name to Sandtrix, when it exploded in popularity.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37218685

Well it seems you last released yours in 2002. That's literally 20 years ago. Things have changed a bunch since then.

> Every. Single. Tetris clone which has -tris in the title ends up receiving a very scary cease and desist.

But I did the first and the second didn't happen. So not "Every. Single. Tetris clone which has -tris in the title". You emphasized that it will happen and has happened to everyone who did the thing.

I'm literally an exception to your statement.

Because they don't care if you're not looking to make money off of it.