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Subject: I just don't understand why anyone would buy a bunch of FREE engines

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 05:50:13 10/16/04

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On October 15, 2004 at 16:23:30, David Dahlem wrote:

>On October 15, 2004 at 14:45:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On October 15, 2004 at 14:31:38, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2554&item=5925564147&rd=1
>>>
>>>"All the chess contents of these CDs are in the public domain.  I have arranged,
>>>collated and created the menu system"
>>>
>>>I see a few violations ...
>>>
>>>;>)
>>>
>>>Contact Ebay directly to file a copyright violation claim - only the copyright
>>>holders may make that claim.
>>
>>Even if the programs are free, it's still illegal to redistribute them without
>>explicit permission of the authors, btw.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>I noticed at least two engines that i believe are private engines, Zappa and
>Zarkov.
>
>Regards
>Dave

Well, Zappa will become a free engine pretty soon anyway, so I'm not _that_
upset.  OTOH, I have given my engine to so few people that I know who must have
taken it upon themselves to release it, and I'm not real happy with them right
now . . .

anthony



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