Author: stuart taylor
Date: 16:11:31 04/28/02
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On April 28, 2002 at 14:06:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 28, 2002 at 11:37:40, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On April 28, 2002 at 11:30:51, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On April 28, 2002 at 11:17:53, Roy Eassa wrote: >>> >>>>On April 28, 2002 at 11:14:42, Joseph Merolle wrote: >>>> >>>>>I was looking at the ssdf and seen Fritz 1 was 1941 and thought to myself this >>>>>would make a great engine to play games against. I was wondering if it would >>>>>work in the Fritz 7 gui stable. My next question is if someone emails me the >>>>>engine would it ask for the CD when pulling up the engine? If the answer is no >>>>>would someone be so kind to email it to me at josemer@regent.edu. (unziped >>>>>please i dont know how to unzip) I would buy it but not even chessbase offers >>>>>it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Regards Joseph >>>> >>>> >>>>I have my original copy somewhere. It came on diskette (not CD) and was called >>>>(at least in the USA) "KnightStalker". >>> >>> >>> >>>Two points: >>> >>>1) it is 1941 SSDF elo on a 486-33MHz. Are you using a 486-33MHz? If not, >>>chances are that Fritz 1.0 running on your computer would be *much* stronger >>>than that (above 2300 elo, easily). >>> >>>2) you are asking for an illegal copy. Please don't do that here. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >>Do programs remain illegal so long after they are extinct (no mention of it in >>ssdf, as far as I remember)? >>S.Taylor > > > >I don't understand why you ask. > >The right question to ask is: "does a commercial program EVER fall in public >domain, when, and for what reason?". > >Is it legal to steal your car if you have not claimed ownership on it for more >than 2 weeks for example? > > > > Christophe I was sometimes wondering if it is an (perhaps) unwritten rule that after upgrades, the older version becomes abandonned by its writer, since no one would want to pay for it anymore anyway. And I had noticed that often, previous versions were given free together with upgrades which are sold at that time for money. That seems to suggest that it no longer has any monetry value. And those older versions comes WITHOUT copyright protection anymore! S.Taylor
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