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Subject: Re: Djenghis in cct4

Author: pavel

Date: 21:24:06 01/14/02

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On January 15, 2002 at 00:02:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 14, 2002 at 21:33:04, pavel wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2002 at 19:17:02, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>Hello ,
>>>
>>>i see bookbuilder in cct4. that is an interface made by
>>>Bas Hamstra sold to J.E.F. Kaan (who can't program at all)
>>>and with crafty added sold as 'bookbuilder'.
>>>
>>>Now i see Jan Kaan join CCT4 with bookbuilder under the name 'djenghis 0.05'.
>>>
>>>He is mentioned as 'author' from Djenghis.
>>>
>>>This is not correct.
>>
>>
>>crafty clone?
>>
>>pavs
>
>
>Here is the easy way to handle this:
>
>1.  have him send source to some 3rd party, or at least an executable.
>
>2.  let him play.
>
>3.  If the source or executable he sends doesn't match the engine used in
>CCT4, then appropriate action can be taken, such as a lifetime ban from
>CCT events, plus a lifetime ban from ICCA events.
>
>4.  If the source or executable _does_ match the engine output from the match
>then the problem is resolved, once it is certain that the thing is not a copy
>of existing programs.  Source would be best, but executable is more than
>enough (IE I can take an executable and search for a series of binary
>"signatures" that will only be found in Crafty.  Others can do the same for
>Yace or other "suspected" engines.
>
>I do not like "sudden" entries, as we have had enough of the Gunda/Bionic/
>LePetite/Voyager/etc nonsense already.  However, a new engine _is_ possible,
>so simple investigation should be able to unwind all this without a lot of
>arguing and wasted time.
>
>Let's see if we can clear this up rather than having speculation run wild
>once more...


Yup, it's better to deal with it than talk about it, and coz misunderstandings.
If it's not a clone than the author shouldn't have a problem to cooperate.

pavs



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