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Subject: Re: For Bob, chessbase claims your prog being commercially sold

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 03:18:41 08/28/01

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On August 28, 2001 at 05:25:31, Steve Maughan wrote:

Please post this at the CSS site!

>Vincent,
>
>>Andreas
>>-------------------------
>>>Did Gromit get the the Amateur world title on proper grounds?
>>>Gromit is on the youn talents CD from chessbase, and is costing real money
>> etcetera
>>
>>First i direct you to Frank Schneider, secondly we can be make sure that
>>the crafty engine is on the Fritz-CDs and because of that costing
>>'real money'.
>
>This is flawed logic.  Just because something is bundled together and there is a
>charge does not mean that it is commercial.  You could also add the King James
>Version of the Bible to the Fritz CD and it would not mean that it is
>commercially available.
>
>The Young talents phenomenon is more interesting.  In my opinion it depends if
>the authors get a royalty or not.  If they do then I regards the engines that
>are not publically available as commercial eg Ikarus but not Phalanx
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Maughan



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