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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