Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:00:01 01/07/04
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On January 07, 2004 at 08:49:57, Ed Trice wrote: >On January 07, 2004 at 08:40:50, Michel Langeveld wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>Somehow I like the Gothic Chess variation of Ed Trice. Not because of the money >>but because this is a thinking game a la Chess but complexer as plain chess. I >>like it more as FRC because there are 2 new pieces and the board, and the board >>is bigger. >> >>I would like to play a few games Gothic Chess against my own Nullmover. >> >>If someone can make a Gothic Chess graphical interface interface >>(prefered will be Winboard or Arena) so that it understands Gothic Chess then I >>will release a specialized Nullmover version that can play this chess variation. >>Then everybody can try this game. >> >>This all just for the fun of this game. >> >>I know it is possible to play online games at BrainKing.com but somehow >>computerchess interests me much more as to play games online as myself. >> >>Michel > >Hi Michel, > >I am in the process of doing this, but please make sure you have a license from >me before embarking on such a venture. My patent attorneys would have a heart >attack if they read your post! > >:) > >Some time soon I will release a shareware version of Gothic Vortex, then >everyone can play the game as well :) > >I suggest a standard set of graphics, like the one used here: > >http://www.GothicChess.org/notation.html > > >--Ed Note that I am not interested in the game but it seems totally absurd for me if the law can prevent people to release programs that play a game espacailly when the games is similiar to an existing game that everybody can release a program that plays it. People can release programs that play every game when the user define the rules and I understood that zillion of games does it so if people have the freedom to release programs that play a big set of games including GothicChess then it is absurd not to allow them to release a free or commercial program that plays gothic chess. I am not a lawyer but if I need to decide about the rules I will not decide that you can do something against people who release a free program or a commercial program that plays Gothic chess. I do not think that people should be allowed to get patent for defining a game with similiar rules to chess. Uri
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