Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 17:38:54 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 18:49:47, Uri Blass wrote: >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. > >This is different. >I do not find the law of not driving when you are drunk against justice. > >In the case of gothic chess I am not sure if the system support your right. >It seems ridicilious to me if it really support your right about it. > >I do not think that I can change the starting position in normal chess and get a >patent about it. > >changing the starting position in an existing game is not something that people >should be able to get patent about it. I agree. I wonder if those who granted the patent really understood what they were doing. Ie. suppose I started producing chess boards and pieces to play Capablanca chess, those could be used for the Gothic position as well so is it an infringement? If it is, then how come Gothic isn't infringing on Capablanca in the same way? What if I patented a third opening position, then Ed would be infringing on my position if his GUI had a position setup feature. What if I invented an entire subgame with only kings, pawns and knights, then Ed would be infringing on the patent everytime he reached one of those positions. What if I patented a new way of slicing tomatoes, then all knives that could be used for this kind of slicing would require a license from me?! It all seems inconsitent and contradictory to me. -S.
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