Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 11:31:47 02/18/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 04:34:29, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>On February 17, 1999 at 16:57:31, James B. Shearer wrote:
>
>>On February 17, 1999 at 14:50:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:
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>>>Assuming that people conform to the license that Bob has associated with Crafty,
>>>there are other problems. If someone gets Crafty, modifies it so that it is
>>>"better", and makes the source available, as required by the Crafty license, in
>>>such a way that satisfies Bob, I don't think that they have the *right* to enter
>>>a sanctioned tournament as sole author of the new creation. I think that Bob
>>>will always be a co-author, and he should have authority to say that yes, he'd
>>>like a specific entry to compete in a specific tournament, or no, he wouldn't.
>>>And since these tournaments have rules about individual authors entering more
>>>than once, he shouldn't be able to give approval to more than one of these
>>>Crafty-derived entries, including his own.
>>
>> I think this is up to the organizers of a tournament. If you don't like
>>the rules you can decline to enter.
>
>Of course. I am making arguments about what the ICCA should do. Anyone can do
>anything they like, but the ICCA has had policies against multiple entries from
>individual authors, and I assume has policies against entering someone else's
>program.
And if the ICCA decides otherwise then people have the right to enter
Crafty variants.
James B. Shearer
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