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Subject: Re: A thank you to all computer chess programmers

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:47:19 03/20/00

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On March 20, 2000 at 18:44:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 19, 2000 at 20:10:49, Pete Galati wrote:
>[snip]
>>I can't see how he could market TSCP to the airlines, it seems to me like he'd
>>also need to provide them with an interface to use it with.
>>
>>I like TSCP allot, and I'm greatfull that you offer it's code, but in the 2
>>cases that you mention above, TSCP doesn't seem like it would be ideal for their
>>purposes.
>>
>>I'm far from knowing, but if that guy _does_ sell TSCP to the airlines, there
>>may be something you can do about that.
>
>Call the airline and tell them it's a free program.  If nothing else, it will
>make the consultant's name become a stink.  He could also sell them Stobor or

(By "he" I obviously mean "Tom" here)

>something better if they are interested.  The whole thing sounds pretty strange.
>
>If Tom has officially released his program to the public domain, there is
>nothing that can be done to prevent someone from selling it for a billion
>dollars to some schmuck.  That's the down-side of public domain.



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