Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 00:30:25 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 03:02:57, Ingo Bauer wrote: >Hi > >Because of a lack of information I did the very first thing I could imagine and >had a look at the list504.dll with a hex editor. > >There you can find the following list of included *.c sources. 7 (maybe only 6, >make.c doesnt count) of them have identical names as the actual crafty source. > >The question is if this is enough to: raise "suspicion that the program LIST, >entered by Fritz Reul, is based on the program CRAFTY." > >I dont know if this is the all they had. It is maybe just one piece. > >-> attacks.c >board.c >captures.c >evasions.c >->hash.c >->init.c >interface.c >io.c >list.c >->make.c >moves.c >->next.c >pawns.c >phase.c >->root.c >score.c >->search.c >speed.c >timer.c >uint64.c >undo.c >utility.c utility.c is also in the Crafty source. The author might have used some Crafty sources for first private versions. Maybe he has completely rewritten them before he released a public version. However the complainant who discovered this on November 23 is a chess programmer. I assume this finding has encouraged him to search more evidence. Michael > >the ones with the arrow (->) are identical. > >Bye Ingo Bauer > >PS: I dont know if the names in older crafty sources differ and this list >version IS older than the crafty source I used > >PPS: The programmers of hex-editors will really wonder about their downloads >today :-)
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