Author: Eric Oldre
Date: 11:25:26 12/16/04
GOAL: to increase the volume of testing I can do in a given time period for my engine, against a variety of opponents. IDEA: To enlist the help of some friends! So when I have a new version of my engine. I can send them my version along with several other engines and a series of matches can be run. When finished they can send me the results back. I would try to automate this process as much as possible. Right now it seems that many of the engines that I would want to use to test against simply describe themselves as "Free". Do you think that for those engines the use I am planning for them would be acceptable? THE PROBLEM: I'm not sure if this strategy would break the "fair use" principles of the engines I am testing against. My guess is that the licensing of some engines (for sure commercial) would prohibit this use. Right now it seems that many of the engines that I would want to use simply describe themselves as "Free". But I’m not 100% sure that this particular use would be considered OK. I'm looking for advice on: a) What engines specifically would allow/deny this use? b) How should I interpret the licensing of different engines to determine if I am using them in a fair manner? Right now my engine (Latista) is still pretty weak. But I hope that it will improve over time. So I need to come up with a list of engines which would be free for this use with a wide variety of strengths. Thanks for your input! Eric Oldre If you are the author of an engine and are ok with me directly sending it to my friends for use in testing my engine, feel free to let me know in a reply to this thread, or email me. For those that do, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
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