Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:23:14 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. > > > > >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. The commercial engines will never expose their source code, period. If the ICCA proposed such a rule, they would scrap the ICCA and create their own organization. I don't think that the commercial programs have any great magic. It is just that the authors of commercial engines can spend a lot more time on it. Ed has explained in detail how his program works. But we don't suddenly see amateur programs gaining Rebel strength. That's because the devil is in the details.
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