Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 15:01:21 04/30/02
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On April 30, 2002 at 17:52:01, Ed Schröder wrote: >On April 30, 2002 at 16:31:01, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>This isn't a copyright issue, its not even a legal issue in the traditional >>sense. It is about the rules for a particular competition, namely the ICCA >>World Computer Chess Championship. If the rules say that you can't use someone >>elses book in the tournament (and its not even clear that they do say this), >>then you can't use someone elses book regardless of what copyright says. > >You have understood the problem, you are not going to fight your own opening >book in world championship event. > >Ed Of course I understand your frustration, but...... In normal chess at the highest level the GM's are saving their best opening innovations to important events. When one player has made the move it is common knowledge, and everyone is free to use it. So at least if Rebel has played the opening sequence in one game, I think it is fair to copy that part at least! And if a player makes his moves public, say in a opening book, a human book about openings that is :-), of course everyone must be free to use his moves as well. And in one way, that is what you have done when selling the program with a opening book! Torstein > >>Of course ICCA can't send you to jail if you break their rules :-) But they can >>chuck you out of their tournament.
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