Author: Ed Trice
Date: 15:22:55 06/18/04
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>I do not think that you have the right to forbid people to have programs that >play positions that can be derived from kapablanca chess without a license only >because they can be derived also from gothic chess. > But the court system does support my right to do so. Do you think you have the right to drink until you are drunk then drive? If you do, and you get caught, there are consequences. >It is a question of justice. >I do not plan to write program for kapablanca chess(at least not in the near >future) but I hope that somebody that originally did not plan to write a program >for kapablanca chess will now do it without a licence only to prove that you are >wrong. > They can make a Capablanca Chess program. They can't make a program that plays Gothic Chess program without a license from me. That's all. Look, if all of you say Gothic Chess is "no good" then why all of this concern? Just don't write Gothic Chess programs. There are others who want to give it a try and pay the fee, so just sit back and watch how their software performs.
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