Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:29:19 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 10:10:11, Robert Hollay wrote: >On August 23, 2005 at 05:29:33, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On August 23, 2005 at 04:58:29, Robert Hollay wrote: >> >> >>> Just look at the huge thankses and acknowledgement lists on the end of >>>Readme.txt of many other original engines (e.g. Baron, Glaurung, Pepito, >>>Sjeng, Ktulu, Amyan ...) for sharing codes, code snippets, ideas, etc. >>> Are you considering all them as clones ?! >>> As far as you mention Fabien Letouzey in your Readme.txt for sharing his ideas >>>with you, there shouldn't be a problem at all. >> >>Exactly - however I would regard all the above mentioned engines as clones. No >>doubt about it. If the list gets too long then the clone status is proven. > > What? If I sincerely acknowledge the other's contribution to my achievements >then my engine is undoubtedly a clone ?! > There are much more engines around without a single line of "thanks to.." >or even a readme.txt, but this does not mean they are all started from scratch. > >>All >>the transfering into something else (what Uri seems to have in mind) doesn't >>change matters at all. If someone could write me a transformation tool with >>which I could by simple pushing buttons transfer code from FRUIT into my >>personal Monster CRY WOLF then even I could participate in one of the next Wch. >>Supposed I have time enough. > > I don't know what Uri has in his mind. It's another thing that many of us >prefer original style engines, even if they are not so strong. > I'm not sure if I would like Movei better if it puts on some 150-200 ELO, >and start playing Fruit-style games. > >Robert It will never happen I may take some productive ideas from fruit but I certainly do not plan to copy evaluation without changes in the default personality for movei(maybe I will allow people to change movei so that the evaluation will be the same as fruit2.1 and it is possible that even this is not going to happen). Uri
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