Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:22:56 02/27/04
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On February 27, 2004 at 08:46:16, Uri Blass wrote: >I think that the following rule should be a good rule for world championships. > >Every programmer who participate in the computer world championship has to >expose the source code of the program 5 years after the event. > >It can be good for the following purposes: > >1)Preventing clones and at least clones will be exposed after 5 years. >2)progress in computer chess because people will have access to more >information. > >I suggest 5 years because I believe that if we decide about short time then it >may prevent the participation of commercial programs when in case that the code >is exposed only after 5 years then 5 years is enough time to make a significant >improvement in the program so good programmers can continue to earn money from >selling chess programs and participate in the world championship. How will this help? I win the even. Five years later I say "no way". What is the remedy for that? I have had the title for five years, even if I cheated. There is no way to go back and eradicate five years of publicity. If you try to take the title away, who gets it? Etc... > > > > >I think that commercial secrets that are kept forever is a bad thing and it is >better to have a world when it is not allowed to have commercial secrets for >more than 5 years. > >commercial secrets for a limited time are needed(otherwise people will have less >motivation to do things) but commercial secrets for unlimited time are bad for >progress because people have less information to learn from. > >Uri
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