Author: Chessfun
Date: 23:50:22 04/15/01
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On April 16, 2001 at 00:59:14, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 15, 2001 at 21:24:29, Chessfun wrote: > > >Furthermore, the result would something of a forgone conclusion if the product >is unchanged. Unless they lock up Kramnik in Enrique's basement. Under that assumption the result is a forgone conclusion as Kramnik will be given the program months in advance plus all changes. >>I think the public will generally accept the result regardless of validation of >>authors and distributors. The computer chess community is another matter. >>Besides were the comp to do well I don't see them actually at that point not >>joining in. > >That's not how things are done in the real world. You don't buy a few programs >at the local software store, run an autoplay qualifier and start a public man >vs. machine match without consent from the author/distributor. There are >probably licenses that forbid that explicitly. The idea is nonsensical. There may well be licence agreements but it happens everyday at chess servers all over the internet. Sarah.
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