Author: Roger Brown
Date: 08:15:10 12/23/05
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>>A good idea to collect software improvements: Make it open source, see what >>others contribute as improvements, then close source and make a lot of $$$ >>bucks! > >Such absurd distortions of history make me very angry. Hello Tord, I had the same thought but then I sighed and remembered when I had said to Fabien in at least two e-mails to close his source. Unfortunately he is very much like you - generous and open to the point of almost recklessness. This argument is the ultimate in bitter irony.... >Fabien's >contributions to the community have been enormous (I am not only >thinking about Fruit, but also about PolyGlot, which is almost as >important but frequently forgotten). Not if you are a diehard Winboard user.... :-) Polyglot is an amazingly excellent piece of software. >I sincerely hope that he feels >he has received at least some compensation for his generosity. >Although Fruit is of course almost 100% Fabien's own work, I suppose >he must have had some benefit from the the advice and testing efforts >of other members of the computer chess community (Joachim Rang is >the most obvious name). The tireless one! >I am not attacking Thomas Gakasch, by the way. He was wrong to >initially try to hide the fact that Toga was a Fruit clone, but I accept >his apology. What I attack are the insane misinterpretations of >history which you and Eduard present as truths. Attentive readers >will notice that Thomas himself never makes such claims. Indeed! I can only suggest to all brilliant authors out there - do not share your code. Or one day you might find yourself right here, listening to totally unsupported (by any facts) by posters who clearly did not understand how remarkable it was what Fabien (and Dr. Hyatt and Tom Kerrigan and Thorsten Greiner and others) did, contributing freely to this wonderful hobby and field. I suppose that I am in a world of fantasy as well because I do not agree with anything that the poster (PJS) has written. This is a lesson for you Tord. Doubtlessly you will proceed as you always have and still leave the innards of your engine for all to see. :-) Later.
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