Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 16:42:53 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 18:22:55, Ed Trice wrote: > >>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. Seems to me the problem is that you won't allow a Capablanca program to have a "setboard" command. A program today without such a feature would be unthinkable, so your patent practicly claims the right to Capablanca chess as well. >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. No concern, just surprised. Do people really want to pay you money so they can spend a lot of their time developing a program to promote your idea and make you rich? It sounds like a bit of a bad joke to me, I'd certainly ask for a solid pay check from you before making the first keypress! I actually do some work for an inventor currently, nice guy, but _he_ is of course paying _me_ for helping _him_ become rich. -S.
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