Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 00:41:16 04/10/01
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On April 09, 2001 at 14:08:04, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 09, 2001 at 12:55:09, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On April 09, 2001 at 12:35:54, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>Richard lang replied me that he gave permission for Genius2 to be used on the >>>site http://www.gambitchess.com/progr.htm >>> >>>(I asked if it is legal to download it from that site) >>> >>>Uri >> >>Okay, you guys have convinced me. >> >>Thank you, >> >>bruce > > >But is it legal to download it from other sites? Lang gave permission for the >site gambitchess, but did he gave it for other sites? > >And on the polish site you can download a number of other programs (like all the >ChessMasters up to CM4000turbo) which can still make posting the link illegal. Yes, I deleted that post, and if what you say is true, and I think it is true, I'd delete the link again if someone posts it again. I'm interested in trying pretty hard to make sure that people aren't able to spread bootleg program information here. It's easy to do that -- you see that the link points to stuff that looks commercial, and you zap it. I'm a little less worried about the case where someone is redistributing a free program that is only available in one place. That sounds a little more complicated to figure out, and I think that I'd leave links like that unless the owner of the software, or some other informed person, complains about it. Meaning, everyone knows that Rebel is not free, and Crafty is. So default is to delete specific Rebel links and leave specific Crafty links, unless requested to do otherwise. Does this sound sensible? bruce
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