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Subject: Re: Why dont engines support the egtb format that Chessmaster uses?

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 12:09:50 04/02/04

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On April 02, 2004 at 14:26:46, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>Yes, to hime I gave permission to use the code in Avery Cardoza’s Chess. Not in
>other chess-related program or engine.

So you are now admitting that it took more than 2 years and a public posting for
you to give permission.

That is correct?

Further you are contradicting yourself again.

>Thanks,
>Eugene
>
>On April 02, 2004 at 12:57:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On April 02, 2004 at 12:51:58, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>>On April 02, 2004 at 12:42:36, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 02, 2004 at 11:46:32, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Vincent, I did not gave you permission to use *my* code in your convertor, or I
>>>>>am missing something?
>>>>
>>>>I am using your code in my engine (with your and Andrew Kadatch's permission).
>>>>Built into the engine, there is a function, which you can call a converter. It
>>>>converts (typicall once at setup time) most of the 3 and 4-men tables to an own
>>>>W/D/L format (they are loaded to RAM then, for fast access).
>>>>
>>>>I never thought about it, but now I feel unsecure. Can you comment on this?
>>>>
>>>>I also posted a W/D table (as C source) for KPK here - this table was generated
>>>>from kpk.nbw/nbb
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Dieter
>>>
>>>Dieter, you -- and *everybody* else who ever asked me -- have permission to use
>>>the code. The only compensation I (and Andrew Kadatch) ever asked was 2 copies
>>>of program from commercial authors. One for me, other for some chess-playing
>>>friends of mine.
>>>
>>>Vincent never asked the permission. Somebody who uses (weaked) Vincent's engine
>>>in the commercial product asked me, and got the permission.
>>
>>==> so you remember now that you gave permission for commercial usage to the
>>project leader Tenzing Kernan who by the way needed to write to you 10 times
>>before you answerred email over a period of 2 years. It took him a posting to
>>CCC to get an answer.
>>
>>That's good that you remember it anyway.
>>
>>Still want to start that courtcase?
>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Eugene



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