Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 13:39:53 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 14:19:04, Ed Trice wrote: >I think this should migrate from a public discussion to a private one. > >Licensing fees are not being managed or collected down at the 'user level'. The >world is not going to have to send me $1 a year to play a Gothic Chess engine. > >Since it is covered by a patent, it cannot be given away for free, even if made >by somebody else. > >Anyone who is interested in implementing a software game to play Gothic Chess >should send an email to GothicChessInfo@aol.com. >Licenses have been issued to people in 5 countries so far, so I do not >understand the resistance. a) I am not an industrial corporation, so I like to be regarded as individuum. b) I do not like floating contracts, for which I have to care later again. c) I like to fully understand the agreements I underwrite. d) I am frustrated in not understanding for you to refuse popularisation of GC. e) I hesitate when learning that working on GC may lead to suits and conflicts. f) It is not possible for me to calculate fees for a hypothetical GC program. So participating in GC seems to be very dangerous and possibly expensive. There are a lot of other things to do, so what ?! Regards, Reinhard.
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