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Subject: Faile 1.4 Bug Fix

Author: Adrien Regimbald

Date: 03:15:32 07/03/00


Hi,

Thanks again to Dann Corbit for pointing out bugs in Faile ;)

The changes made will improve stability of Faile (Faile was accessing some areas
of memory that it possibly shouldn't have due to missing some out of bounds
array cases), and it will also improve play somewhat, as some of the data it
wasn't accessing properly is related to play, and now it is being used properly.

I have also added license.txt to the distributions and the readme.  Faile is
covered by the MIT License (basically, this license says that Faile is
copyrighted by me, that there is no warranty, and that you can do whatever you
want with it as long as you include the license), but I had forgotten to
indicate this anywhere other than in the source, which is not so smart :P

The updates are now on the webpage.  (http://faile.sourceforge.net)

There is also a new download choice: faile14_nb.zip - which is the same as
faile14.zip, except it doesn't have a book.  This is good if you already have a
book made for Faile and don't feel like downloading the new version with the
book included, or if you still want to use the default book, but want the new
bugfixed .exe and such.  The new version doesn't change book format/access, so
your old books should still work.


FYI - I am on the organizing committee for the Canadian Open 2000, being held in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Two things here:
- I will be fairly busy working on the tournament starting Wednesday, and will
be busy with it for a week or two following that, so if you want anything done
for Faile, let me know ASAP, since I won't have much time to look at it during
the tournament.
- if you are coming to the tournament, make sure to say hi to me! ;)

As far as the tournament itself goes - there is something computer chess
enthusiasts may be interested in - GM Joel Benjamin will be giving a lecture at
the tournament, and I believe the topic will be the Kasparov - Deep Blue match.

You can find out more about the tournament at:
http://members.home.net/cdnopen2000/


Regards,
Adrien.



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