Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 10:38:31 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 11:49:19, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:
>Tord, I see this slightly different. The one starting position has to be
>avoided, not only at the starting position, but also (without practical
>effect) within the game at any time. Therefore 48000-1 positions will do.
>But (one has to ask a lawer), the Gothic Chess starting position seems to
>be patented as a starting position, not as a position which might occur
>within a Capablanca Random Chess based game. But for to avoid silly
>sophisticated troubles, let have it totally forbidden.
Clever solution, but the following quote from an e-mail sent to me by
Ed earlier today indicates that the situation is more complicated than
I thought:
(...) a referrendum has been handed down by the Appellate Court of
Pennsylvania stating that any re-arrangment of a different starting
position so as to "intersect the set of playable positions normally
arrived at via the Gothic Chess starting arrangement" is an
infringement on the patent without the procurement of a license.
It seems to me that this leaves only two options for the engine developer:
a) Pay the license fee.
b) Stay away from everything remotely resembling Capablanca's chess.
Tord
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