Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 05:00:07 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 06:43:01, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >There are lots of problems. > >1) what he is doing is illegal, according to copyright law. In fact, the >winboard sites should remove the program (if they offer it for download) as >well. Tom does not even need to state that, but the readme makes it very very >clear: > >"[..] According to copyright law, you are not allowed to distribute copies of >TSCP or anything that's derived from TSCP without my authorization. > >Version 1.4 of TSCP is the first version to include copyright notices, but >previous versions are also protected under law. If you are distributing an >earlier version of TSCP or a derivative work without my authorization, you are >acting illegally. [..] " > >2) It is also wrong to simply use someone else work without giving him credit. >You cant turn that upside down by saying "I didnt claim I did all myself". Don't get me wrong here. I don't support cloning at all. It's just that I didn't have any other info about the engine that what Axel wrote in his initial post. That's why I wanted his homepage address or some other info. Afterall it's _possible_ that the programmer of Enano asked for permission from Tom and that he also says that on his homepage. (or in a README which 'belongs' to the download of the engine) If he didn't ask for permission or Tom didn't give him permission, the case is clear for me too. Sargon
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