Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:02:03 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 04:20:55, martin fierz wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 22:42:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >[snip] > >>It was handled _poorly_. The author's reputation is ruined no matter what >>happens. Were it me, I'd be contacting my attorney and ICGA would be >>taking out a huge loan or going bankrupt... > >forget it - the ICGA can run it's tournaments as it likes. the rules are clear, >they can demand to inspect your code. it doesn't matter why they demand to >inspect your code, they have the right to do so. if you don't show your code, >they have the right to throw you out of the tournament. > >i'm not saying i like what happenend, but there is nothing to sue for here. There is a clear statement that the program was accused of being a Crafty clone. _that_ is actionable. As it is a public claim of plagiarism. You investigate _first_, then go public later. List had already played 1/2 the tournament. It would have been _far_ better to let it finish, rather than having it play in part of the rounds then the remaining opponents get easy 1's. Then, if found to be a real clone, _all_ games could be turned into zero results. > >cheers > martin
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