Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 18:08:20 06/18/04
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On June 18, 2004 at 20:53:45, Ed Trice wrote: > >> >>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? > >No. If you supply rules for Capablanca Chess in your game, and setup >instructions for Capablanca, you have not infringed on anything. > >This was never claimed by me. But this is exactly the point we have been arguing over and over with programming a capablanca chess engine. It seems you've been saying such an engine with a position setup feature would be illegal, or did I misunderstand that? >>If it is, then how come Gothic isn't infringing on Capablanca in the same way? > >Because Gothic Chess is not Capablanca Chess. Capablanca Chess has many flaws in >it. It is the same game, just with different initial positions. "Gothic position in Capablanca chess" would be a more accurate name I think. >>What if I patented a third opening position, then Ed would be infringing on my >>position if his GUI had a position setup feature. > >I do not understand what you are talking about here. That's because your answer to my first question was unexpected, but that's good! >>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. > >My subgame is reachable under the METHOD of play in my patented brand of the >game. So, since mine pre-existed, yours is not infringed upon. Your subgame is also reachable under capablanca chess, capablanca chess pre-existed gothic so your subgame cannot be patented, just the opening position. >>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?! > >This is soooooo ridiculous. Spend money on trying to patent it, then get back to >me. If it's true that a capablanca chess engine with a setup feature is not violating your patent, then it's wasn't a good example. In fact I have no complaints if you allow such software. -S.
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